Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Household and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite fell 1.65% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Iaso (AT:IASr), which rose 3.85% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.540 at the close. Meanwhile, Athens Medical (AT:AMCr) added 2.79% or 0.019 points to end at 0.699 and J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) was up 2.13% or 0.007 points to 0.336 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which fell 19.35% or 0.006 points to trade at 0.025 at the close. Bank Of Piraeus (AT:BOPr) declined 18.87% or 0.010 points to end at 0.043 and Alpha Bank (AT:ACBr) was down 16.83% or 0.017 points to 0.084.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 66 to 28 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bank Of Piraeus (AT:BOPr) fell to all time lows; losing 18.87% or 0.010 to 0.043.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.30 to $1090.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.39% or 0.61 to hit $44.48 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.30 to trade at $48.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.0700, while EUR/GBP fell 0.48% to 0.7079.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 99.40.