Greece Stock Market Update

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

Market Overview

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.34%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were:
– National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr): up 3.69% or 0.26 points to trade at 7.20.
– Jumbo SA (AT:BABr): added 3.20% or 0.80 points to end at 25.80.
– Holding Company ADMIE IPTO SA (AT:ADMr): up 3.15% or 0.08 points to 2.45 in late trade, reaching 52-week highs.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Quality and Reliability SA (AT:QUAr): fell 2.78% or 0.03 points to 1.05.
– Elvalhalcor Hellenic Copper and Aluminium Industry SA (AT:ELHA): declined 2.38% or 0.05 points to 1.89.
– Ideal Group SA (AT:IDEr): down 2.37% or 0.14 points to 5.77.

Stock Performance

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 61 to 57, with 17 ending unchanged.

Commodities Update

• Gold Futures for February delivery rose 0.23% or 5.99 to $2,664.49 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.35% or 1.60 to hit $69.70 a barrel.
• February Brent oil contracts rose 2.16% or 1.55 to trade at $73.38 a barrel.

Currency Update

• EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.05.
• EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.83.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 106.24.