Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Chemicals and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Profile Syst (AT:PRFr), which rose 7.31% or 0.080 points to trade at 1.175 at the close. Meanwhile, Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) added 7.05% or 0.2100 points to end at 3.1900 and Elvalhalcor Hellenic Copper and Aluminium Industry SA (AT:ELHA) was up 2.57% or 0.045 points to 1.795 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which fell 3.07% or 0.0250 points to trade at 0.7900 at the close. National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) declined 2.48% or 0.007 points to end at 0.275 and Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) was down 2.43% or 0.010 points to 0.402.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 62 to 42 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Profile Syst (AT:PRFr) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 7.31% or 0.080 to 1.175. Shares in Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) rose to 5-year highs; up 7.05% or 0.2100 to 3.1900.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.14% or 1.90 to $1325.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.51% or 0.31 to hit $61.02 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.28 to trade at $64.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.2371, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8865.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 89.72.