Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Retail and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite declined 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr), which rose 17.36% or 0.420 points to trade at 2.840 at the close. Meanwhile, Reds (AT:CAMr) added 9.57% or 0.033 points to end at 0.379 and Lykos Inform. (AT:LYKr) was up 8.24% or 0.0370 points to 0.4860 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Euroconsultants SA (AT:ERCr), which fell 9.38% or 0.1200 points to trade at 1.1300 at the close. Athens Medical (AT:AMCr) declined 6.10% or 0.043 points to end at 0.662 and Intracom Hold (AT:INRr) was down 4.75% or 0.018 points to 0.361.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 55 to 53 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr) rose to all time highs; up 17.36% or 0.420 to 2.840.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.76% or 9.20 to $1207.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.59% or 0.29 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.36 to trade at $50.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1138, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.7609.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.72.