Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Financials and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 1.86%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr), which rose 17.16% or 0.350 points to trade at 2.390 at the close. Meanwhile, Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr) added 9.82% or 0.055 points to end at 0.615 and Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) was up 2.22% or 0.080 points to 3.680 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which fell 5.45% or 0.012 points to trade at 0.210 at the close. Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) declined 4.72% or 0.002 points to end at 0.034 and Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) was down 4.38% or 0.158 points to 3.450.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 80 to 36 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 17.16% or 0.350 to 2.390.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.10% or 1.40 to $1335.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $63.76 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.07 to trade at $69.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.2243, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 90.33.