Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Travel and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 0.13% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which rose 4.23% or 0.0325 points to trade at 0.8000 at the close. Meanwhile, Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) added 3.62% or 0.001 points to end at 0.032 and J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) was up 2.59% or 0.018 points to 0.714 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr), which fell 6.89% or 0.012 points to trade at 0.168 at the close. Select Textile (AT:EPIr) declined 6.72% or 0.016 points to end at 0.222 and Hygeia (AT:HYGr) was down 6.17% or 0.058 points to 0.882.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 77 to 38 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.97% or 13.00 to $1333.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.92% or 0.58 to hit $63.59 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.81% or 0.55 to trade at $68.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.2273, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.8730.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 89.81.