Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Basic Resources and Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 1.94%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr), which rose 9.50% or 0.2100 points to trade at 2.4200 at the close. Meanwhile, Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) added 9.17% or 0.011 points to end at 0.131 and Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Company SA (AT:ELIr) was up 7.57% or 0.0530 points to 0.7530 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which fell 29.41% or 0.0500 points to trade at 0.1200 at the close. Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) declined 12.75% or 0.019 points to end at 0.130 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) was down 12.33% or 0.062 points to 0.441.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 60 to 29 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.59% or 7.95 to $1346.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 4.43% or 2.17 to hit $46.82 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.31% or 2.16 to trade at $47.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.1103, while EUR/GBP rose 1.44% to 0.8512.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 96.04.