Greece stocks lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 1.26%

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 1.26%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Coca Cola HBC AG (AT:EEEr ), which rose 1.44% or 0.46 points to trade at 32.36 at the close. Meanwhile, Athens International Airport SA (AT:AIAr ) added 0.13% or 0.01 points to end at 7.60 and Terna Energy SA (AT:TENr ) was up 0.05% or 0.01 points to 19.51 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr ), which fell 4.86% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.33 at the close. Lavipharm SA (AT:LPHr ) declined 3.79% or 0.03 points to end at 0.79 and Aegean Airlines (AT:AGNr ) was down 3.65% or 0.40 points to 10.57.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 106 to 19 and 19 ended unchanged.

Shares in Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr ) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.86% or 0.02 to 0.33.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.61% or 16.50 to $2,673.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.06% or 1.44 to hit $71.27 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.89% or 1.39 to trade at $74.95 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.25% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 101.38.

Source: Investing.com