Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Household and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Papoutsanis Industrial and Commercial of Consumer Goods SA (AT:PSALr), which rose 4.60% or 0.11 points to trade at 2.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Thessaloniki Water and Sewage Co SA (AT:TWSr) added 2.76% or 0.09 points to end at 3.35 and Bank of Cyprus Holdings PLC (AT:BOCHGRr) was up 2.59% or 0.12 points to 4.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jumbo SA (AT:BABr), which fell 2.26% or 0.60 points to trade at 26.00 at the close. Interlife General Insurance Company SA (AT:INLIFr) declined 2.10% or 0.10 points to end at 4.66 and Metlen Energy & Metals AE (AT:MYTr) was down 2.06% or 0.72 points to 34.16.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 65 to 51 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.55% or 14.61 to $2,680.01 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $74.20 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.13 to trade at $76.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.39% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP rose 0.71% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 108.99.