Greece stocks lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 0.96%

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 0.96%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Austriacard Holdings AG (AT:ACAGr ), which rose 4.11% or 0.22 points to trade at 5.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Alumil (AT:ALMr ) added 4.04% or 0.15 points to end at 3.73 and Lamda Develop (AT:LMDr ) was up 1.94% or 0.14 points to 7.34 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr ), which fell 3.88% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.31 at the close. Gr Sarantis SA (AT:SRSr ) declined 3.69% or 0.40 points to end at 10.44 and Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr ) was down 3.18% or 0.06 points to 1.70.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 78 to 36 and 23 ended unchanged.

Shares in Alumil (AT:ALMr ) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.04% or 0.15 to 3.73. Shares in Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.18% or 0.06 to 1.70.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 1.80 to $2,574.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.45% or 0.31 to hit $68.39 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.31 to trade at $72.25 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.33% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 106.71.

Source: Investing.com