Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Basic Resources and Household sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 2.06% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Euro Reliance (AT:EREr), which rose 7.91% or 0.11 points to trade at 1.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Kri-Kri Milk (AT:KRIr) added 2.48% or 0.04 points to end at 1.65 and Halcor (AT:XAKO) was up 2.05% or 0.006 points to 0.299 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which fell 29.29% or 0.410 points to trade at 0.990 at the close. Bank Of Piraeus (AT:BOPr) declined 27.00% or 0.270 points to end at 0.730 and Alpha Bank (AT:ACBr) was down 14.89% or 0.350 points to 2.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 65 to 32 and 7 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.83% or 8.80 to $1054.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.25% or 0.94 to hit $40.91 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.83% or 0.81 to trade at $43.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.0570, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.7074.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.48% at 100.36.