Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Media, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite gained 2.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr), which rose 9.52% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.23 at the close. Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) added 9.32% or 0.015 points to end at 0.176 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) was up 7.74% or 0.041 points to 0.571 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which lost 8.74% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.094 in late trade. Select Textile (AT:EPIr) declined 3.64% or 0.006 points to end at 0.149 and AS Company SA (AT:ASCr) shed 2.24% or 0.015 points to 0.655.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 72 to 32 and 17 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.35% or 4.30 to $1232.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.68% or 0.89 to hit $53.89 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.78% or 0.99 to trade at $56.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.0625, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8508.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 100.84.