Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Media, Banking and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite rose 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr), which rose 3.82% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.630 at the close. Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) added 3.52% or 0.021 points to end at 0.617 and Iaso (AT:IASr) was up 2.75% or 0.014 points to 0.524 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which lost 9.09% or 0.011 points to trade at 0.110 in late trade. Profile Syst (AT:PRFr) declined 5.59% or 0.032 points to end at 0.540 and Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) shed 2.54% or 0.060 points to 2.300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 53 to 46 and 14 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.90% or 11.60 to $1282.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.29% or 0.15 to hit $52.26 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.16 to trade at $54.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.0717, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8365.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 99.63.