Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Household and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 1.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Autohellas (AT:AUTr), which rose 4.55% or 1.00 points to trade at 23.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr) added 2.86% or 0.1300 points to end at 4.6800 and Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) was up 1.62% or 0.005 points to 0.313 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which fell 3.68% or 0.035 points to trade at 0.916 at the close. Jumbo SA (AT:BABr) declined 3.17% or 0.475 points to end at 14.515 and Centric Hold (AT:DESr) was down 2.94% or 0.005 points to 0.165.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 63 to 40 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Autohellas (AT:AUTr) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.55% or 1.00 to 23.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.53% or 6.76 to $1289.66 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.51% or 0.24 to hit $47.02 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.01% or 0.51 to trade at $50.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1739, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.9110.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.55.