Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Resources, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite declined 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr), which rose 8.82% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.370 at the close. Meanwhile, Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) added 4.55% or 0.010 points to end at 0.230 and Elliniki Technodomiki Anemos SA (AT:ANEMr) was up 4.37% or 0.030 points to 0.717 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank of Cyprus PCL (AT:BOCr), which fell 5.23% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.163 at the close. Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) declined 3.78% or 0.007 points to end at 0.178 and Centric Hold (AT:DESr) was down 3.48% or 0.004 points to 0.111.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 55 to 41 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.26% or 3.35 to $1269.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.88% or 0.44 to hit $49.41 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.89% or 0.45 to trade at $50.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1285, while EUR/GBP rose 0.04% to 0.7675.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 93.89.