Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Travel, Banking and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr), which rose 12.88% or 0.085 points to trade at 0.745 at the close. Meanwhile, Elliniki Technodomiki Anemos SA (AT:ANEMr) added 4.08% or 0.060 points to end at 1.530 and Hygeia (AT:HYGr) was up 1.14% or 0.004 points to 0.354 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr), which fell 2.74% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.355 at the close. Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) declined 1.55% or 0.002 points to end at 0.127 and Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) was down 1.26% or 0.004 points to 0.314.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 56 to 36 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr) rose to 3-years highs; rising 12.88% or 0.085 to 0.745.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.28% or 3.65 to $1294.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.40% or 0.19 to hit $48.02 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.56% or 0.29 to trade at $52.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.1813, while EUR/GBP rose 0.64% to 0.9231.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 93.13.