Greece stocks lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 0.62%

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.62%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Titan Cement International SA (AT:TITCr ), which rose 2.04% or 0.65 points to trade at 32.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Centric Hold (AT:DESr ) added 1.68% or 0.01 points to end at 0.36 and Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr ) was up 1.67% or 0.06 points to 3.34 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Optima bank SA (AT:OPTIMAr ), which fell 4.55% or 0.60 points to trade at 12.60 at the close. Holding Company ADMIE IPTO SA (AT:ADMr ) declined 2.72% or 0.06 points to end at 2.14 and Cars Motorcycles and Marine Engine Trade and Import Company SA (AT:MTDr ) was down 2.21% or 0.06 points to 2.66.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 71 to 44 and 23 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.06% or 1.60 to $2,526.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.18% or 0.80 to hit $68.47 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.69 to trade at $71.75 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.37% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 101.52.

Source: Investing.com