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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.30% to hit a new 5-year high.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Thrace Plastic (AT: THRr ), which rose 5.64% or 0.22 points to trade at 4.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Intracom Holdings SA (AT: INRr ) added 5.31% or 0.16 points to end at 3.17 and Iktinos Hellas (AT: IKTr ) was up 3.76% or 0.01 points to 0.37 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kri-Kri Milk (AT: KRIr ), which fell 2.77% or 0.45 points to trade at 15.80 at the close. Ellaktor SA (AT: HELr ) declined 2.20% or 0.05 points to end at 2.22 and J. & P. Avax (AT: AVAr ) was down 2.16% or 0.04 points to 1.72.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 76 to 46 and 20 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.59% or 15.81 to $2,688.21 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.00% or 0.73 to hit $74.05 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.98% or 0.75 to trade at $76.91 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.31% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 109.02.