Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Banking and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite rose 1.08% 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 17.78% or 0.008 points to trade at 0.053 at the close. Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr) added 10.00% or 0.4000 points to end at 4.4000 and Select Textile (AT:EPIr) was up 9.71% or 0.017 points to 0.192 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which lost 5.22% or 0.006 points to trade at 0.109 in late trade. AS Company SA (AT:ASCr) declined 4.10% or 0.050 points to end at 1.170 and Hygeia (AT:HYGr) shed 2.76% or 0.008 points to 0.282.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 58 to 43 and 20 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.17% or 2.18 to $1265.02 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.26% or 0.13 to hit $49.69 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.23% or 0.12 to trade at $52.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.49% to 1.0880, while EUR/GBP fell 0.51% to 0.8468.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 99.03.