Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Resources, Travel and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 0.31% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which rose 17.14% or 0.0120 points to trade at 0.0820 at the close. Meanwhile, Nireus Aqua (AT:NIRr) added 7.69% or 0.011 points to end at 0.154 and Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) was up 2.86% or 0.003 points to 0.101 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Intracom Constructions Technical and Steel Constructions SA (AT:INCr), which fell 4.38% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.310 at the close. Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr) declined 4.31% or 0.100 points to end at 2.220 and Reds (AT:CAMr) was down 4.30% or 0.040 points to 0.890.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 64 to 43 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.18% or 14.60 to $1256.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.12% or 0.83 to hit $73.11 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.08 to trade at $77.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.1656, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8842.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 94.37.