Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were AS Company SA (AT:ASCr), which rose 6.81% or 0.051 points to trade at 0.800 at the close. Intracom Hold (AT:INRr) added 3.86% or 0.014 points to end at 0.377 and Grivalia Properties REIC (AT:GRIr) was up 1.86% or 0.15 points to 8.21 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which lost 8.12% or 0.0130 points to trade at 0.1470 in late trade. Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr) declined 7.32% or 0.024 points to end at 0.304 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) shed 4.58% or 0.024 points to 0.500.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 55 to 51 and 18 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.09% or 1.15 to $1248.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $47.75 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $50.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.0810, while EUR/GBP rose 0.52% to 0.8657.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 99.46.