Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Resources, Retail and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 1.63% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr), which rose 9.52% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.575 at the close. Meanwhile, Select Textile (AT:EPIr) added 6.90% or 0.016 points to end at 0.248 and Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) was up 5.93% or 0.800 points to 13.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr), which fell 5.80% or 0.024 points to trade at 0.390 at the close. Mytilineos Holdings SA (AT:MYTr) declined 5.56% or 0.530 points to end at 9.000 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) was down 5.56% or 0.015 points to 0.255.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 83 to 25 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) rose to all time highs; up 5.93% or 0.800 to 13.900.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.40% or 5.30 to $1326.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.78% or 0.51 to hit $64.66 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.28 to trade at $69.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.2299, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8724.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 89.49.