Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Food and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite gained 0.54% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which rose 9.32% or 0.011 points to trade at 0.129 at the close. Autohellas (AT:AUTr) added 4.62% or 0.53 points to end at 12.00 and FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr) was up 4.17% or 0.110 points to 2.750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Reds (AT:CAMr), which lost 6.06% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.310 in late trade. Centric Hold (AT:DESr) declined 5.22% or 0.006 points to end at 0.109 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) shed 4.76% or 0.01 points to 0.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 51 to 36 and 17 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.37% or 4.85 to $1321.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.48% or 1.07 to hit $44.23 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.44% or 1.11 to trade at $46.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.1164, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.8396.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 95.87.