Greece shares higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 0.80%

Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Travel , Media and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 0.80%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Intralot (AT: INLr ), which rose 7.95% or 0.035 points to trade at 0.475 at the close. Ellaktor SA (AT: HELr ) added 5.93% or 0.070 points to end at 1.250 and Reds (AT: CAMr ) was up 5.56% or 0.045 points to 0.855 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Nireus Aqua (AT: NIRr ), which lost 4.15% or 0.007 points to trade at 0.162 in late trade. Crete Plastics SA (AT: PLAKR ) declined 2.73% or 0.300 points to end at 10.700 and Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA (AT: MORr ) shed 1.55% or 0.33 points to 21.02.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 75 to 31 and 9 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.29% or 3.75 to $1289.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.42% or 1.64 to hit $49.60 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.68% or 1.53 to trade at $58.59 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.1469, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8984.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 95.278.