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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.13%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Crete Plastics SA (AT: PLAKR ), which rose 7.46% or 1.00 points to trade at 14.40 at the close. Meanwhile, J. & P. Avax (AT: AVAr ) added 4.86% or 0.07 points to end at 1.47 and Ellaktor SA (AT: HELr ) was up 3.57% or 0.06 points to 1.74 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Optima bank SA (AT: OPTIMAr ), which fell 2.46% or 0.32 points to trade at 12.70 at the close. Cenergy Holdings SA (AT: CENEr ) declined 1.86% or 0.16 points to end at 8.44 and Biokarpet Industrial and Commercial Enterprises SA (AT: ALBr ) was down 1.68% or 0.03 points to 1.76.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 64 to 51 and 21 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.51% or 13.56 to $2,656.16 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.25% or 0.86 to hit $69.80 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.13% or 0.82 to trade at $73.30 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 106.86.