Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iaso (AT:IASr), which rose 5.49% or 0.044 points to trade at 0.846 at the close. Meanwhile, Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) added 4.37% or 0.055 points to end at 1.315 and Karatzi (AT:KRTr) was up 4.35% or 0.250 points to 6.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which fell 7.64% or 0.0420 points to trade at 0.5080 at the close. Nireus Aqua (AT:NIRr) declined 6.75% or 0.012 points to end at 0.171 and National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr) was down 5.45% or 0.066 points to 1.144.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 57 to 41 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.45% or 0.066 to 1.144.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.21% or 14.50 to $1213.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.98% or 0.55 to hit $56.80 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 0.73 to trade at $66.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1308, while EUR/GBP rose 1.88% to 0.8868.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 97.06.