Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Kekrops SA (AT:KEKr), which rose 4.00% or 0.0600 points to trade at 1.5600 at the close. Meanwhile, J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) added 3.86% or 0.013 points to end at 0.363 and Intracom Constructions Technical and Steel Constructions SA (AT:INCr) was up 3.83% or 0.040 points to 1.085 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which fell 6.00% or 0.0360 points to trade at 0.5640 at the close. Mytilineos Holdings SA (AT:MYTr) declined 3.40% or 0.280 points to end at 7.950 and Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) was down 2.48% or 0.0012 points to 0.0480.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 53 to 49 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.34% or 4.25 to $1243.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.21% or 0.11 to hit $52.84 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.26 to trade at $61.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1357, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8915.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 96.787.