Greece stocks lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 0.14%

Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms , Banking and Household sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 0.14%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Quality and Reliability SA (AT:QUAr ), which rose 6.92% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.11 at the close. Meanwhile, Alumil (AT:ALMr ) added 5.44% or 0.19 points to end at 3.59 and Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr ) was up 4.01% or 0.12 points to 2.98 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR ), which fell 3.33% or 0.50 points to trade at 14.50 at the close. Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (AT:OTEr ) declined 3.02% or 0.46 points to end at 14.77 and Thessaloniki Water and Sewage Co SA (AT:TWSr ) was down 2.76% or 0.09 points to 3.17.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 67 to 45 and 23 ended unchanged.

Shares in Alumil (AT:ALMr ) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.44% or 0.19 to 3.59.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.49% or 12.65 to $2,573.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.44% or 0.30 to hit $68.73 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.34 to trade at $72.62 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 106.41.

Source: Investing.com