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 gained 1.33% to hit a new 5-year high.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Piraeus Bank SA (AT: BOPr ), which rose 3.23% or 0.13 points to trade at 4.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Alpha Bank SA (AT: ACBr ) added 3.15% or 0.05 points to end at 1.70 and National Bank of Greece SA (AT: NBGr ) was up 3.12% or 0.24 points to 8.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Dimand Societe Anonyme for Real Estate Constructions (AT: DIMANDr ), which fell 2.59% or 0.22 points to trade at 8.28 at the close. Premia AE (AT: PREMr ) declined 2.50% or 0.03 points to end at 1.25 and Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Company SA (AT: ELIr ) was down 2.13% or 0.05 points to 2.30.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 95 to 37 and 16 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.54% or 14.21 to $2,661.61 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.90% or 0.66 to hit $74.22 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.92% or 0.70 to trade at $77.00 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.29.