Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Retail and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 1.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Jumbo SA (AT:BABr), which rose 2.81% or 0.370 points to trade at 13.530 at the close. Meanwhile, Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics SA (AT:OPAr) added 2.33% or 0.220 points to end at 9.670 and Loulis Mills (AT:LOUr) was up 1.87% or 0.04 points to 2.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which fell 17.84% or 0.0215 points to trade at 0.0990 at the close. Intralot (AT:INLr) declined 5.49% or 0.057 points to end at 0.981 and Nireus Aqua (AT:NIRr) was down 4.76% or 0.010 points to 0.200.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 76 to 42 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) fell to 52-week lows; falling 17.84% or 0.0215 to 0.0990.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.48% or 6.10 to $1262.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.26% or 0.86 to hit $68.94 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $74.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1669, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8812.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 94.19.