Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Gr Sarantis SA (AT:SRSr), which rose 3.35% or 0.24 points to trade at 7.40 at the close. Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) added 2.26% or 0.0120 points to end at 0.5440 and Grivalia Properties REIC (AT:GRIr) was up 1.93% or 0.16 points to 8.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr), which lost 4.39% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.871 in late trade. Athens Medical (AT:AMCr) declined 3.64% or 0.040 points to end at 1.070 and Intracom Holdings SA (AT:INRr) shed 3.45% or 0.025 points to 0.700.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 64 to 41 and 16 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.89% or 11.75 to $1327.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.68% or 0.91 to hit $55.14 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.58 to trade at $62.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1459, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8718.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 95.172.