Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Food and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 1.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which rose 9.48% or 0.022 points to trade at 0.254 at the close. Meanwhile, Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) added 3.65% or 0.500 points to end at 14.300 and Mytilineos Holdings SA (AT:MYTr) was up 2.14% or 0.200 points to 9.560 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr), which fell 5.80% or 0.4000 points to trade at 6.5000 at the close. Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) declined 5.53% or 0.009 points to end at 0.150 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) was down 4.68% or 0.0400 points to 0.8150.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 83 to 30 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) rose to all time highs; rising 3.65% or 0.500 to 14.300.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.24% or 16.70 to $1362.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.23% or 1.46 to hit $66.97 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.89% or 1.34 to trade at $72.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.2389, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 89.09.