Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking , Telecoms and Household sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Company SA (AT: ELIr ), which rose 2.94% or 0.06 points to trade at 2.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Orilina Properties AEEAP (AT: ORILINAr ) added 2.87% or 0.02 points to end at 0.79 and Crete Plastics SA (AT: PLAKR ) was up 2.84% or 0.40 points to 14.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Premia AE (AT: PREMr ), which fell 3.26% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.19 at the close. Cenergy Holdings SA (AT: CENEr ) declined 3.10% or 0.27 points to end at 8.43 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT: EURBr ) was down 2.94% or 0.07 points to 2.31.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 73 to 46 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.36% or 45.46 to $3,300.94 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.71% or 1.07 to hit $63.54 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.47% or 0.97 to trade at $66.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.13, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 99.31.