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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.01%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Alumil (AT: ALMr ), which rose 5.05% or 0.19 points to trade at 3.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA (AT: MORr ) added 2.51% or 0.48 points to end at 19.63 and Cars Motorcycles and Marine Engine Trade and Import Company SA (AT: MTDr ) was up 2.18% or 0.06 points to 2.58 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Iktinos Hellas (AT: IKTr ), which fell 1.82% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.30 at the close. Lamda Develop (AT: LMDr ) declined 1.81% or 0.13 points to end at 7.07 and Quality and Reliability SA (AT: QUAr ) was down 1.49% or 0.02 points to 1.06.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 67 to 51 and 18 ended unchanged.

Shares in Alumil (AT: ALMr ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.05% or 0.19 to 3.85.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.05% or 1.34 to $2,663.46 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.22% or 0.15 to hit $68.87 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.26 to trade at $72.56 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 106.14.