Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 1.77% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Loulis Mills (AT:LOUr), which rose 4.85% or 0.10 points to trade at 2.16 at the close. Meanwhile, Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) added 3.00% or 0.003 points to end at 0.117 and Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA (AT:MORr) was up 2.22% or 0.45 points to 20.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr), which fell 9.28% or 0.4500 points to trade at 4.4000 at the close. Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) declined 8.53% or 1.100 points to end at 11.800 and Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) was down 7.08% or 0.079 points to 1.037.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 78 to 32 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) fell to 5-year lows; losing 7.08% or 0.079 to 1.037.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.63% or 7.95 to $1277.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 3.95% or 1.84 to hit $44.77 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 3.69% or 2.04 to trade at $53.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1412, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.9022.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 96.208.