Greece stocks lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 0.78%

Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.78%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR), which rose 7.56% or 0.900 points to trade at 12.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Iaso (AT:IASr) added 4.73% or 0.040 points to end at 0.886 and Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) was up 2.02% or 0.024 points to 1.212 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Public Power (AT:DEHr), which fell 4.51% or 0.06 points to trade at 1.27 at the close. Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) declined 4.45% or 0.0226 points to end at 0.4854 and Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) was down 3.93% or 0.005 points to 0.127.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 68 to 34 and 16 ended unchanged.

Shares in Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.45% or 0.0226 to 0.4854.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.85% or 22.20 to $1221.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.45% or 0.82 to hit $57.28 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.37% or 0.91 to trade at $67.53 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8884.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 96.36.

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