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 1.36% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were K.L.M. (AT:KLUr), which rose 2.18% or 0.012 points to trade at 0.562 at the close. Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA (AT:MORr) added 2.14% or 0.42 points to end at 20.02 and Athens Medical (AT:AMCr) was up 1.01% or 0.010 points to 1.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Elastron SA (AT:ELSRr), which lost 6.56% or 0.0800 points to trade at 1.1400 in late trade. National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr) declined 5.86% or 0.065 points to end at 1.045 and Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) shed 5.27% or 0.054 points to 0.970.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 84 to 18 and 13 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.60 to $1223.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.46% or 0.26 to hit $56.72 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.48% or 0.32 to trade at $66.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1451, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8906.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 96.06.