Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Household, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Halcor (AT:XAKO), which rose 3.31% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.250 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) added 1.47% or 0.011 points to end at 0.760 and Hellenic Telec (AT:OTEr) was up 1.46% or 0.15 points to 10.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which fell 9.55% or 0.019 points to trade at 0.180 at the close. Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) declined 3.39% or 0.002 points to end at 0.057 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) was down 3.28% or 0.010 points to 0.295.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 61 to 41 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Halcor (AT:XAKO) rose to 3-years highs; up 3.31% or 0.040 to 1.250.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.40% or 18.30 to $1284.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.54% or 0.28 to hit $51.59 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.09 to trade at $57.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.40% to 1.1749, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8918.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 93.53.