Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Household, Food and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 1.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr), which rose 2.75% or 0.004 points to trade at 0.165 at the close. Meanwhile, Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) added 2.00% or 0.0700 points to end at 3.5700 and Elvalhalcor Hellenic Copper and Aluminium Industry SA (AT:ELHA) was up 1.72% or 0.030 points to 1.770 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr), which fell 10.26% or 0.004 points to trade at 0.032 at the close. Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr) declined 5.45% or 0.030 points to end at 0.520 and Sarantiseg (AT:SRSr) was down 4.10% or 0.60 points to 14.05.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 81 to 38 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.00% or 0.0700 to 3.5700.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.81% or 10.80 to $1322.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $67.62 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.58% or 0.43 to trade at $73.43 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.2183, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8737.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 90.93.