Greece stocks higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 1.56%

Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Construction and Travel sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 1.56%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Lavipharm SA (AT:LPHr), which rose 4.55% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Gr Sarantis SA (AT:SRSr) added 4.43% or 0.48 points to end at 11.32 and Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) was up 4.27% or 0.18 points to 4.27 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Allwyn AG (AT:ALWr), which fell 4.52% or 0.53 points to trade at 11.10 at the close. Fais Holding Sa (AT:FAISr) declined 3.04% or 0.10 points to end at 3.19 and Evropi Holdings SA (AT:EVROr) was down 1.34% or 0.02 points to 1.33.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 70 to 37 and 25 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.58% or 23.17 to $4,031.07 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.92% or 0.95 to hit $102.32 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.21 to trade at $111.49 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 101.86.