Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Media, Financials and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite declined 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which rose 5.26% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Hellenic Telec (AT:OTEr) added 2.72% or 0.28 points to end at 10.58 and Iaso (AT:IASr) was up 2.64% or 0.019 points to 0.743 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr), which fell 12.40% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.106 at the close. Centric Hold (AT:DESr) declined 9.23% or 0.012 points to end at 0.118 and Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) was down 4.13% or 0.010 points to 0.232.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 62 to 40 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hellenic Telec (AT:OTEr) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.72% or 0.28 to 10.58. Shares in Iaso (AT:IASr) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.64% or 0.019 to 0.743.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.11% or 1.33 to $1260.07 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.29% or 0.15 to hit $51.28 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.14 to trade at $54.01 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1231, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8632.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 96.86.