Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Food and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite fell 1.40% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Reds (AT:CAMr), which rose 6.01% or 0.017 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Lamda Develop (AT:LMDr) added 4.52% or 0.17 points to end at 3.93 and Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) was up 2.90% or 0.002 points to 0.071 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr), which fell 30.45% or 0.37 points to trade at 0.84 at the close. J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) declined 7.50% or 0.024 points to end at 0.296 and Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) was down 6.85% or 0.050 points to 0.680.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 56 to 30 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) fell to all time lows; falling 30.45% or 0.37 to 0.84.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.13% or 1.40 to $1055.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.98% or 0.39 to hit $40.33 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.73% or 0.73 to trade at $43.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 2.35% to 1.0862, while EUR/GBP rose 1.64% to 0.7216.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.54% at 98.50.