Greece stocks higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 1.32%

Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Athens, the rose 1.32% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the were Intracom Holdings SA (AT:), which rose 8.15% or 0.22 points to trade at 2.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Lavipharm SA (AT:) added 6.33% or 0.05 points to end at 0.77 and Biokarpet Industrial and Commercial Enterprises SA (AT:) was up 4.37% or 0.08 points to 1.91 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (AT:), which fell 2.69% or 0.60 points to trade at 21.70 at the close. Thrace Plastic (AT:) declined 1.27% or 0.05 points to end at 3.89 and Elton S.A. (AT:) was down 1.09% or 0.02 points to 1.82.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 98 to 25 and 12 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.49% or 13.11 to $2,663.09 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.63% or 0.43 to hit $68.97 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.44 to trade at $72.75 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.59% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 105.84.