Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Media, Retail and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite declined 0.05% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which rose 11.96% or 0.011 points to trade at 0.103 at the close. Meanwhile, Iaso (AT:IASr) added 5.19% or 0.023 points to end at 0.466 and Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) was up 3.68% or 0.005 points to 0.141 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Creta Plastics (AT:PLAKR), which fell 4.02% or 0.200 points to trade at 4.770 at the close. Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) declined 3.08% or 0.0240 points to end at 0.7560 and Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) was down 2.56% or 0.001 points to 0.038.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 51 to 44 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.29% or 3.55 to $1235.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.01% or 0.53 to hit $52.87 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.36 to trade at $55.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.0667, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.8509.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 100.50.