Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite declined 16.23% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Dromeas (AT:DROr), which rose 28.95% or 0.033 points to trade at 0.147 at the close. Meanwhile, Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 1.51 and Creta Plastics (AT:PLAKR) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 6.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr), which fell 30.00% or 0.36 points to trade at 0.84 at the close. Bank Of Piraeus (AT:BOPr) declined 30.00% or 0.120 points to end at 0.280 and Attica Bank (AT:BOAr) was down 30.00% or 0.021 points to 0.049.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 81 to 7 and 2 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.33% or 3.60 to $1091.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.49% or 0.70 to hit $46.42 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.84% or 1.49 to trade at $50.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.0966, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.7025.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 97.46.