Greece stocks lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 0.22%

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.22%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Optima bank SA (AT:OPTIMAr ), which rose 2.77% or 0.36 points to trade at 13.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Athens Water (AT:EYDr ) added 2.66% or 0.15 points to end at 5.79 and Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr ) was up 2.10% or 0.11 points to 5.36 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Lavipharm SA (AT:LPHr ), which fell 2.47% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.79 at the close. Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA (AT:MORr ) declined 2.33% or 0.50 points to end at 20.92 and Biokarpet Industrial and Commercial Enterprises SA (AT:ALBr ) was down 1.85% or 0.04 points to 1.86.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 66 to 50 and 21 ended unchanged.

Shares in Optima bank SA (AT:OPTIMAr ) rose to all time highs; up 2.77% or 0.36 to 13.34.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.01% or 26.50 to $2,641.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.44% or 0.31 to hit $70.85 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.53% or 0.40 to trade at $74.48 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 100.61.

Source: Investing.com