Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food, Banking and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr), which rose 5.40% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.168 at the close. Meanwhile, Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) added 4.82% or 0.0110 points to end at 0.2360 and Select Textile (AT:EPIr) was up 4.46% or 0.010 points to 0.232 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which fell 3.30% or 0.0300 points to trade at 0.8800 at the close. J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) declined 3.00% or 0.030 points to end at 0.970 and Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) was down 2.98% or 0.112 points to 3.648.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 67 to 57 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.15% or 2.00 to $1358.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.72% or 0.47 to hit $66.08 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.35 to trade at $70.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.2492, while EUR/GBP rose 0.32% to 0.8742.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 88.48.