Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Travel and Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite fell 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr), which rose 10.95% or 0.045 points to trade at 0.456 at the close. Meanwhile, Intralot (AT:INLr) added 7.50% or 0.090 points to end at 1.290 and Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) was up 4.64% or 0.041 points to 0.925 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr), which fell 5.59% or 0.1600 points to trade at 2.7000 at the close. Aegean Airlines (AT:AGNr) declined 4.68% or 0.29 points to end at 5.91 and Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) was down 2.72% or 0.050 points to 1.790.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 44 to 42 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aegean Airlines (AT:AGNr) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.68% or 0.29 to 5.91.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.22% or 15.45 to $1253.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.70% or 0.35 to hit $50.18 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.93% or 0.48 to trade at $52.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.1162, while EUR/GBP rose 0.50% to 0.8837.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 96.63.