Investing.com – Greek shares were higher after Wednesday’s close as gains in the , and sectors pushed shares higher.
At the close in Athens, shares gained 0.17%.
The best artists of the session on the were Medical Athens (AT:), which rose 8.58% or 0.13 points to trade at 1.64 at the close. In the meantime, Ekter (AT:) added 3.06% or 0.14 points to end at 4.55 and Elvalhalcor Hellenic Copper and Aluminum Industry SA (AT:) rose 2.61% or 0.05 points to 1.89 in the late trading.
The worst performers of the session were BriQ properties REIC (AT:), which fell 4.57% or 0.09 points to trade at 1.88 at the close. Iktinos Hellas (AT:) fell 4.28% or 0.02 points to end at 0.38 and Intracom Holdings SA (AT:) fell 2.93% or 0.11 points to 3.48.
The number of falling stocks outnumbered rising stocks on the Athens Stock Exchange by 60 to 60, with 19 ending unchanged.
Shares in Iktinos Hellas (AT:) fell to their lowest level in five years; a loss of 4.28% or 0.02 to 0.38.
August gold futures rose 0.69%, or 16.10, to $2,342.70 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for July delivery rose 0.54% or 0.42 to $78.32 per barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.48 to $82.40 per barrel. barrel.
EUR/USD rose 1.02% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.21% to 0.84.
US Dollar Index Futures fell 1.26% to 103.87.
