Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 3.91% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Loulis Mills (AT:LOUr), which rose 6.80% or 0.14 points to trade at 2.20 at the close. Karatzi (AT:KRTr) added 0.86% or 0.050 points to end at 5.950 and Plaisio Comp (AT:PLAr) was up 0.26% or 0.010 points to 3.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mytilineos Holdings SA (AT:MYTr), which lost 8.36% or 0.640 points to trade at 7.020 in late trade. Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) declined 7.83% or 0.091 points to end at 1.071 and Intracom Holdings SA (AT:INRr) shed 7.45% or 0.054 points to 0.671.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 12 and 7 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.06% or 0.70 to $1224.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 4.42% or 2.53 to hit $54.67 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 4.19% or 2.80 to trade at $63.99 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.40% to 1.1408, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8895.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 96.39.