Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were K.L.M. (AT:KLUr), which rose 3.55% or 0.022 points to trade at 0.642 at the close. Iaso (AT:IASr) added 3.35% or 0.040 points to end at 1.235 and Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) was up 2.81% or 0.050 points to 1.830 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr), which lost 5.26% or 0.042 points to trade at 0.748 in late trade. National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr) declined 4.91% or 0.056 points to end at 1.084 and Elliniki Technodomiki Anemos SA (AT:ANEMr) shed 4.57% or 0.075 points to 1.565.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 66 to 39 and 15 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.04% or 0.55 to $1290.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.35% or 0.18 to hit $51.41 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.39 to trade at $60.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1470, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8905.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 95.188.