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

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

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

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

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 61 to 57 and 17 ended unchanged.

Shares in Holding Company ADMIE IPTO SA (AT: ADMr ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.15% or 0.08 to 2.45.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.23% or 5.99 to $2,664.49 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.35% or 1.60 to hit $69.70 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.16% or 1.55 to trade at $73.38 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 106.24.