Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Basic Resources and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite fell 0.82% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Creta Plastics (AT:PLAKR), which rose 10.00% or 0.53 points to trade at 5.83 at the close. Meanwhile, Lykos Inform. (AT:LYKr) added 7.21% or 0.04 points to end at 0.58 and Grivalia Properties REIC (AT:GRIr) was up 6.14% or 0.45 points to 7.78 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr), which fell 15.63% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.14 at the close. Alpha Bank (AT:ACBr) declined 15.32% or 0.009 points to end at 0.052 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) was down 12.50% or 0.002 points to 0.014.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 59 to 43 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) fell to all time lows; falling 15.63% or 0.03 to 0.14. Shares in Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) fell to all time lows; falling 12.50% or 0.002 to 0.014.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.21% or 2.30 to $1071.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.31% or 0.56 to hit $42.31 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.42% or 0.66 to trade at $45.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.0608, while EUR/GBP fell 0.35% to 0.7031.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 99.96.