Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food, Household and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr), which rose 15.23% or 0.023 points to trade at 0.174 at the close. Meanwhile, Hygeia (AT:HYGr) added 14.66% or 0.107 points to end at 0.837 and Iaso (AT:IASr) was up 8.37% or 0.100 points to 1.295 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr), which fell 4.15% or 0.128 points to trade at 2.960 at the close. Kri-Kri Milk (AT:KRIr) declined 2.56% or 0.100 points to end at 3.800 and Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) was down 2.22% or 0.080 points to 3.520.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 63 to 46 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hygeia (AT:HYGr) rose to 5-year highs; up 14.66% or 0.107 to 0.837.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.41% or 5.40 to $1312.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.80% or 1.74 to hit $63.87 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.60% or 1.72 to trade at $67.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.53% to 1.2271, while EUR/GBP fell 0.49% to 0.8753.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 89.82.