Greece stocks lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 0.34%

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.34%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Piraeus Port (AT:OLPr ), which rose 2.99% or 0.80 points to trade at 27.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (AT:OTEr ) added 1.61% or 0.25 points to end at 15.74 and Centric Hold (AT:DESr ) was up 1.43% or 0.01 points to 0.35 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Interlife General Insurance Company SA (AT:INLIFr ), which fell 5.09% or 0.25 points to trade at 4.66 at the close. Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr ) declined 3.17% or 0.05 points to end at 1.65 and Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr ) was down 2.78% or 0.01 points to 0.35.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 76 to 46 and 19 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.85% or 22.70 to $2,682.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.17% or 2.16 to hit $70.33 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.98% or 2.14 to trade at $73.84 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.53% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 100.92.

Source: Investing.com