Greece Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, with gains in the Banking, Construction, and Travel sectors leading shares upward.

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite increased by 1.05%, hitting a new 1-month high.

Best Performers

• Profile Syst (AT:PRFr): rose 3.71% or 0.17 points to trade at 4.75.
• Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics SA (AT:OPAr): added 3.26% or 0.51 points to end at 16.15.
• Gr Sarantis SA (AT:SRSr): up 3.02% or 0.30 points to 10.24 in late trade.

Worst Performers

• Intrakat Technikon Kai Energeiakon Ergon AE (AT:INCr): fell 2.52% or 0.13 points to trade at 5.02.
• Autohellas (AT:AUTr): declined 2.26% or 0.26 points to end at 11.22.
• Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr): down 1.62% or 0.06 points to 3.34.

Market Overview

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 68 to 41, with 25 ending unchanged.

Commodity Prices

• Gold Futures for December delivery were up 0.27% or 6.85 to $2,534.45 a troy ounce.
• Elsewhere in commodities, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.19% or 0.14 to $73.69 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $76.97 a barrel.

Currency Exchange Rates

• EUR/USD was unchanged at 1.11.
• EUR/GBP was also unchanged at 0.84.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 101.59.