Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Basic Resources and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 1.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Kri-Kri Milk (AT:KRIr), which rose 3.93% or 0.170 points to trade at 4.500 at the close. Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) added 3.85% or 0.500 points to end at 13.500 and Intercontinental International Real Estate Investment Company SA (AT:ICIr) was up 2.86% or 0.150 points to 5.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr), which lost 7.73% or 0.101 points to trade at 1.205 in late trade. Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) declined 6.05% or 0.126 points to end at 1.958 and Elastron SA (AT:ELSRr) shed 5.00% or 0.0650 points to 1.2350.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 56 to 48 and 8 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1208.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.23% or 0.16 to hit $70.61 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.68% or 0.54 to trade at $78.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.69% to 1.1754, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8872.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 93.63.