Greece stocks lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 0.71%

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 declined 0.71%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Biokarpet Industrial and Commercial Enterprises SA (AT:ALBr ), which rose 3.57% or 0.07 points to trade at 2.03 at the close. Meanwhile, Profile Syst (AT:PRFr ) added 2.90% or 0.14 points to end at 4.97 and Optima bank SA (AT:OPTIMAr ) was up 1.54% or 0.20 points to 13.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr ), which fell 4.07% or 0.14 points to trade at 3.30 at the close. Quality and Reliability SA (AT:QUAr ) declined 2.56% or 0.03 points to end at 1.14 and Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr ) was down 2.08% or 0.11 points to 5.19.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 87 to 26 and 21 ended unchanged.

Shares in Optima bank SA (AT:OPTIMAr ) rose to all time highs; rising 1.54% or 0.20 to 13.20.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.28% or 7.05 to $2,530.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.87% or 0.61 to hit $69.73 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.75% or 0.55 to trade at $73.20 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.43% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 101.21.

Source: Investing.com