Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which rose 8.92% or 0.0140 points to trade at 0.1710 at the close. Meanwhile, FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr) added 7.28% or 0.230 points to end at 3.400 and Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr) was up 6.40% or 0.021 points to 0.349 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank of Cyprus PCL (AT:BOCr), which fell 3.45% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.140 at the close. Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) declined 3.03% or 0.060 points to end at 1.920 and Iaso (AT:IASr) was down 2.27% or 0.009 points to 0.387.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 59 to 40 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr) rose to all time highs; up 7.28% or 0.230 to 3.400.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.87% or 9.95 to $1150.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.22% or 0.12 to hit $53.94 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.12 to trade at $57.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.56% to 1.0473, while EUR/GBP rose 0.52% to 0.8566.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 102.81.