Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 1.45%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Nireus Aqua (AT:NIRr), which rose 6.86% or 0.012 points to trade at 0.184 at the close. Meanwhile, K.L.M. (AT:KLUr) added 4.58% or 0.024 points to end at 0.550 and Elastron SA (AT:ELSRr) was up 3.83% or 0.0450 points to 1.2200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr), which fell 13.20% or 0.184 points to trade at 1.210 at the close. Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) declined 9.84% or 0.0600 points to end at 0.5500 and Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr) was down 6.22% or 0.084 points to 1.266.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 69 to 30 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr) fell to 52-week lows; losing 13.20% or 0.184 to 1.210.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.23% or 2.80 to $1202.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.87% or 1.04 to hit $56.73 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.96% or 1.28 to trade at $66.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.1311, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8693.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 96.87.