Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemicals, Telecoms and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite declined 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Reds (AT:CAMr), which rose 7.30% or 0.027 points to trade at 0.397 at the close. Meanwhile, Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) added 3.33% or 0.030 points to end at 0.930 and Iaso (AT:IASr) was up 2.37% or 0.011 points to 0.475 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which fell 14.07% or 0.019 points to trade at 0.116 at the close. Halcor (AT:XAKO) declined 10.46% or 0.034 points to end at 0.291 and Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr) was down 6.78% or 0.1600 points to 2.2000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 47 to 46 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.78% or 0.1600 to 2.2000.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.25% or 3.25 to $1322.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.61% or 0.28 to hit $45.47 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.19 to trade at $46.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1007, while EUR/GBP fell 0.25% to 0.8317.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 97.06.