Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 6.27% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR), which rose 2.07% or 0.30 points to trade at 14.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Epsilon Net SA (AT:EPSr) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 12.00 and BLE Kedros Real Estate Investment (AT:BLEKEDROSr) was down 0.28% or 0.01 points to 3.51 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr), which fell 11.14% or 0.04 points to trade at 0.35 at the close. Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr) declined 10.95% or 0.41 points to end at 3.30 and J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) was down 10.18% or 0.14 points to 1.22.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 135 to 3 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) fell to 5-year lows; falling 11.14% or 0.04 to 0.35.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.32% or 32.70 to $2,437.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.05% or 0.77 to hit $72.75 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.61 to trade at $76.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.65% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP rose 0.90% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.73% at 102.24.