Greece stocks lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 0.24%

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 lost 0.24%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Biokarpet Industrial and Commercial Enterprises SA (AT:ALBr ), which rose 3.00% or 0.06 points to trade at 2.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Intralot (AT:INLr ) added 1.77% or 0.02 points to end at 1.15 and Fourlis Hld (AT:FRLr ) was up 1.74% or 0.07 points to 3.81 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA (AT:MORr ), which fell 2.58% or 0.56 points to trade at 21.14 at the close. Athens Water (AT:EYDr ) declined 2.48% or 0.14 points to end at 5.51 and Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (AT:OTEr ) was down 2.14% or 0.32 points to 14.62.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 75 to 43 and 14 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.05% or 26.35 to $2,543.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.67% or 1.22 to hit $74.23 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.50% or 1.16 to trade at $78.38 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.59% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.63% at 100.76.

Source: Investing.com