Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 2.45% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iaso (AT:IASr), which rose 1.98% or 0.014 points to trade at 0.720 at the close. Meanwhile, Fourlis Hld (AT:FRLr) added 1.15% or 0.060 points to end at 5.270 and Athens Water (AT:EYDr) was up 0.81% or 0.05 points to 6.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Profile Syst (AT:PRFr), which fell 10.13% or 0.086 points to trade at 0.763 at the close. National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) declined 7.58% or 0.025 points to end at 0.305 and Halcor (AT:XAKO) was down 6.61% or 0.066 points to 0.932.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 94 to 17 and 6 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 1.37 to $1329.37 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.11% or 1.04 to hit $50.34 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.31% or 0.72 to trade at $55.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1877, while EUR/GBP fell 1.31% to 0.8879.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 92.36.