Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Banking and Travel sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 1.60%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr), which rose 8.70% or 0.4400 points to trade at 5.5000 at the close. Meanwhile, European Reliance General Insurance Co SA (AT:EREr) added 3.15% or 0.110 points to end at 3.600 and Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr) was up 2.20% or 0.050 points to 2.320 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which fell 7.56% or 0.0090 points to trade at 0.1100 at the close. Karatzi (AT:KRTr) declined 7.33% or 0.550 points to end at 7.100 and Loulis Mills (AT:LOUr) was down 5.45% or 0.12 points to 2.22.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 62 to 42 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) rose to all time highs; gaining 8.70% or 0.4400 to 5.5000.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.42% or 5.10 to $1229.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $68.11 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.54 to trade at $73.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.1711, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8933.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 94.34.