Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Chemicals and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 1.96%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Aegean Airlines (AT:AGNr), which rose 2.30% or 0.20 points to trade at 8.91 at the close. Meanwhile, K.L.M. (AT:KLUr) added 2.03% or 0.014 points to end at 0.704 and Coca Cola HBC AG (AT:EEEr) was up 1.98% or 0.5950 points to 30.5850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which fell 7.12% or 0.0710 points to trade at 0.9260 at the close. National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) declined 6.94% or 0.020 points to end at 0.268 and Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) was down 6.52% or 0.0105 points to 0.1505.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 65 to 36 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Coca Cola HBC AG (AT:EEEr) rose to all time highs; up 1.98% or 0.5950 to 30.5850.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.89% or 24.70 to $1283.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.87% or 1.92 to hit $64.97 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.15% or 2.39 to trade at $73.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.1617, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8745.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 94.73.