Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food, Technology and Household 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 Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr), which rose 4.42% or 0.100 points to trade at 2.360 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) added 3.03% or 0.020 points to end at 0.680 and Hellenic Petroleum SA (AT:HEPr) was up 2.58% or 0.190 points to 7.550 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Euro Reliance (AT:EREr), which fell 3.74% or 0.130 points to trade at 3.350 at the close. Intracom Hold (AT:INRr) declined 3.08% or 0.020 points to end at 0.630 and Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr) was down 2.55% or 0.210 points to 8.010.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 51 to 40 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.30% or 3.83 to $1278.27 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.73% or 0.42 to hit $57.72 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.56 to trade at $63.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.53% to 1.1910, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8808.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 92.86.