Greece stocks lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 0.50%

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.50%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Coca Cola HBC AG (AT:EEEr ), which rose 3.81% or 1.22 points to trade at 33.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Fourlis Hld (AT:FRLr ) added 3.72% or 0.14 points to end at 3.90 and Intrakat Technikon Kai Energeiakon Ergon AE (AT:INCr ) was up 2.21% or 0.11 points to 5.08 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr ), which fell 3.31% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.38 at the close. Biokarpet Industrial and Commercial Enterprises SA (AT:ALBr ) declined 2.25% or 0.05 points to end at 1.96 and Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr ) was down 2.10% or 0.07 points to 3.27.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 83 to 35 and 20 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.44% or 11.30 to $2,541.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.73% or 0.55 to hit $74.98 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.74% or 0.58 to trade at $78.08 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.49% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.21% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 100.86.

Source: Investing.com