Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Halcor (AT:XAKO), which rose 11.24% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Select Textile (AT:EPIr) added 7.97% or 0.011 points to end at 0.149 and Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) was up 6.67% or 0.042 points to 0.639 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr), which fell 10.00% or 0.2600 points to trade at 2.3400 at the close. Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Company SA (AT:ELIr) declined 10.00% or 0.0770 points to end at 0.6930 and J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) was down 7.03% or 0.026 points to 0.344.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 54 to 37 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Company SA (AT:ELIr) fell to 52-week lows; losing 10.00% or 0.0770 to 0.6930.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.17% or 2.25 to $1329.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.21% or 1.03 to hit $45.62 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.18% or 1.04 to trade at $46.57 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.1080, while EUR/GBP fell 0.42% to 0.8332.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 96.48.