Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Dromeas (AT:DROr), which rose 11.21% or 0.013 points to trade at 0.129 at the close. Meanwhile, Attica Bank (AT:BOAr) added 7.14% or 0.003 points to end at 0.045 and Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr) was up 5.38% or 0.07 points to 1.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elgeka (AT:ELGr), which fell 9.93% or 0.027 points to trade at 0.245 at the close. Autohellas (AT:AUTr) declined 5.75% or 0.69 points to end at 11.30 and Elval (AT:VAL) was down 4.96% or 0.07 points to 1.41.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 50 to 39 and 5 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.98% or 11.00 to $1127.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.39% or 1.46 to hit $41.66 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.43% or 1.19 to trade at $47.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.1058, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.7066.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 96.90.