Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Banking and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 1.40% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Profile Syst (AT:PRFr), which rose 3.53% or 0.034 points to trade at 0.998 at the close. Meanwhile, Iaso (AT:IASr) added 3.05% or 0.040 points to end at 1.350 and Sarantiseg (AT:SRSr) was up 2.11% or 0.30 points to 14.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr), which fell 6.92% or 0.4500 points to trade at 6.0500 at the close. Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) declined 6.16% or 0.236 points to end at 3.594 and Select Textile (AT:EPIr) was down 5.00% or 0.012 points to 0.228.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 77 to 42 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Profile Syst (AT:PRFr) rose to 3-years highs; up 3.53% or 0.034 to 0.998.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.30% or 3.90 to $1315.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.26% or 1.38 to hit $59.77 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.16% or 1.40 to trade at $63.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.2239, while EUR/GBP rose 0.70% to 0.8864.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 90.32.