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 declined 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Dimand Societe Anonyme for Real Estate Constructions (AT:DIMANDr), which rose 4.05% or 0.35 points to trade at 9.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) added 3.40% or 0.50 points to end at 15.20 and Interlife General Insurance Company SA (AT:INLIFr) was up 2.81% or 0.14 points to 5.12 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Biokarpet Industrial and Commercial Enterprises SA (AT:ALBr), which fell 5.20% or 0.13 points to trade at 2.37 at the close. Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr) declined 3.96% or 0.15 points to end at 3.52 and Lavipharm SA (AT:LPHr) was down 2.49% or 0.02 points to 0.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 70 to 46 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.13% or 3.20 to $2,471.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.78% or 1.42 to hit $81.13 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.41% or 1.18 to trade at $84.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 103.50.