Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Kekrops SA (AT:KEKr), which rose 3.25% or 0.0400 points to trade at 1.2700 at the close. Meanwhile, Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) added 1.53% or 0.200 points to end at 13.300 and Jumbo SA (AT:BABr) was up 1.40% or 0.190 points to 13.750 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which fell 2.92% or 0.0250 points to trade at 0.8300 at the close. Viohalco SA (AT:VIOH) declined 2.88% or 0.090 points to end at 3.030 and Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) was down 2.79% or 0.003 points to 0.104.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 65 to 28 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.68% or 8.50 to $1246.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.94% or 1.44 to hit $72.67 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.70% or 2.13 to trade at $76.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1717, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8851.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 94.12.