Greece stocks lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 0.54%

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 0.54%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Biokarpet Industrial and Commercial Enterprises SA (AT:ALBr ), which rose 2.02% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.77 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank of Cyprus Holdings PLC (AT:BOCHGRr ) added 1.61% or 0.07 points to end at 4.41 and Autohellas (AT:AUTr ) was up 0.96% or 0.10 points to 10.48 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr ), which fell 8.41% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.28 at the close. Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr ) declined 4.19% or 0.13 points to end at 2.86 and Cenergy Holdings SA (AT:CENEr ) was down 3.05% or 0.29 points to 9.21.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 84 to 33 and 20 ended unchanged.

Shares in Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr ) fell to 5-year lows; down 8.41% or 0.03 to 0.28. Shares in Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.19% or 0.13 to 2.86.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.54% or 14.30 to $2,640.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.14% or 1.57 to hit $74.81 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.18% or 1.67 to trade at $78.25 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 102.76.

Source: Investing.com