Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Travel and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite declined 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Iaso (AT:IASr), which rose 6.57% or 0.037 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. Meanwhile, J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) added 5.69% or 0.019 points to end at 0.353 and Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr) was up 5.43% or 0.07 points to 1.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which fell 13.04% or 0.003 points to trade at 0.020 at the close. Bank Of Piraeus (AT:BOPr) declined 9.09% or 0.007 points to end at 0.070 and Dromeas (AT:DROr) was down 7.76% or 0.009 points to 0.107.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 59 to 36 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) fell to all time lows; down 13.04% or 0.003 to 0.020.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.97% or 11.30 to $1176.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.07% or 0.50 to hit $46.16 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.55% or 0.28 to trade at $49.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.1437, while EUR/GBP fell 0.71% to 0.7409.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.54% at 94.29.