Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Basic Resources and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.05% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which rose 7.95% or 0.0072 points to trade at 0.0978 at the close. Meanwhile, Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA (AT:MORr) added 7.03% or 1.26 points to end at 19.18 and K.L.M. (AT:KLUr) was up 6.38% or 0.042 points to 0.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sarantiseg (AT:SRSr), which fell 5.00% or 0.36 points to trade at 6.84 at the close. Fourlis Hld (AT:FRLr) declined 4.40% or 0.240 points to end at 5.210 and Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) was down 3.46% or 0.065 points to 1.815.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 45 to 42 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.48% or 5.70 to $1204.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.77% or 0.52 to hit $67.72 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.56 to trade at $73.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1369, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8912.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 96.35.