Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Banking and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite declined 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr), which rose 4.90% or 0.0500 points to trade at 1.0700 at the close. Mytilineos Holdings SA (AT:MYTr) added 2.96% or 0.220 points to end at 7.660 and Grivalia Properties REIC (AT:GRIr) was up 2.70% or 0.24 points to 9.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr), which lost 8.74% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.094 in late trade. Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) declined 7.33% or 0.014 points to end at 0.177 and Intracom Hold (AT:INRr) shed 6.10% or 0.026 points to 0.400.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 52 to 46 and 27 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.45% or 5.68 to $1262.42 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.88% or 0.44 to hit $49.36 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.18% or 0.62 to trade at $52.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1180, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8689.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 97.27.