Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Basic Resources and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite declined 2.70% to hit a new 3-years low.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Frigoglass (AT:FRIr), which rose 4.27% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.71 at the close. Meanwhile, FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr) added 3.08% or 0.070 points to end at 2.340 and Hygeia (AT:HYGr) was up 2.68% or 0.003 points to 0.115 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr), which fell 13.77% or 0.034 points to trade at 0.213 at the close. Autohellas (AT:AUTr) declined 9.59% or 1.04 points to end at 9.81 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) was down 8.62% or 0.03 points to 0.27.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 75 to 27 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) fell to all time lows; losing 13.77% or 0.034 to 0.213.
Gold for February delivery was up 1.50% or 16.10 to $1089.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 5.51% or 1.72 to hit $29.48 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 4.78% or 1.48 to trade at $29.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.80% to 1.0952, while EUR/GBP rose 1.57% to 0.7658.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.43% at 98.69.