Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Retail and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 2.87% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr), which rose 12.32% or 0.025 points to trade at 0.228 at the close. Elliniki Technodomiki Anemos SA (AT:ANEMr) added 6.89% or 0.058 points to end at 0.900 and Autohellas (AT:AUTr) was up 6.48% or 0.79 points to 12.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which lost 12.50% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.106 in late trade. Select Textile (AT:EPIr) declined 5.95% or 0.010 points to end at 0.158 and Kri-Kri Milk (AT:KRIr) shed 2.72% or 0.050 points to 1.790.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 65 to 38 and 17 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.75% or 8.75 to $1178.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.06% or 0.54 to hit $50.39 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.74% or 0.40 to trade at $53.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.0764, while EUR/GBP rose 1.08% to 0.8543.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 100.22.