Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Media, Banking and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite rose 0.61% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr), which rose 5.00% or 0.002 points to trade at 0.042 at the close. National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) added 4.33% or 0.011 points to end at 0.265 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) was up 4.28% or 0.025 points to 0.609 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which lost 5.41% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.175 in late trade. Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr) declined 3.57% or 0.350 points to end at 9.450 and Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr) shed 2.89% or 0.1200 points to 4.0300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 57 to 45 and 22 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.26% or 3.25 to $1277.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.26% or 0.14 to hit $53.26 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.24 to trade at $55.99 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.0617, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8488.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 100.49.