Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite declined 0.64% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr), which rose 7.32% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.880 at the close. Meanwhile, Hygeia (AT:HYGr) added 6.45% or 0.008 points to end at 0.132 and Bank Of Piraeus (AT:BOPr) was up 4.65% or 0.002 points to 0.045 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr), which fell 7.34% or 0.08 points to trade at 1.01 at the close. National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) declined 7.14% or 0.04 points to end at 0.46 and Iaso (AT:IASr) was down 5.74% or 0.031 points to 0.509.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 59 to 41 and 3 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.16% or 1.70 to $1086.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.44% or 1.08 to hit $43.13 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.37% or 1.14 to trade at $46.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.0724, while EUR/GBP fell 0.49% to 0.7060.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 99.17.