Greece Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, driven by gains in the Banking, Construction, and Travel sectors.

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.04%.

Best Performers

The top performers of the session on the Athens General Composite included:
– Titan Cement International SA (AT:TITCr): up 2.30% or 0.90 points to trade at 40.00.
– Petros Petropoulos SA (AT:PTRr): up 1.70% or 0.14 points to end at 8.38.
– Piraeus Port (AT:OLPr): up 1.51% or 0.45 points to 30.20.

Worst Performers

In contrast, the worst performers of the session were:
– Dimand Societe Anonyme for Real Estate Constructions (AT:DIMANDr): down 3.73% or 0.31 points to trade at 8.00.
– Kri-Kri Milk (AT:KRIr): down 1.95% or 0.30 points to end at 15.05.
– Elvalhalcor Hellenic Copper and Aluminium Industry SA (AT:ELHA): down 1.77% or 0.03 points to 1.89.

The Athens Stock Exchange saw 74 declining stocks versus 42 advancing, with 17 remaining unchanged.

Notable Highlights

Shares in Titan Cement International SA reached all-time highs, rising 2.30% to 40.00. Conversely, shares of Dimand Societe Anonyme hit all-time lows, falling 3.73% to 8.00.

Commodity Prices

• Gold Futures for February delivery fell 1.86% or 49.31 to $2,603.99 a troy ounce.
• Crude Oil for January delivery declined 0.99% or 0.70 to $69.88 a barrel.
• The February Brent Oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.20 to trade at $73.19 a barrel.

Currency Exchange Rates

• EUR/USD remained unchanged at 1.04.
• EUR/GBP remained unchanged at 0.83.
• The US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.21% at 107.97.