Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food, Retail and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr), which rose 8.27% or 0.055 points to trade at 0.720 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) added 5.77% or 0.030 points to end at 0.550 and Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr) was up 4.70% or 0.1100 points to 2.4500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which fell 8.70% or 0.0140 points to trade at 0.1470 at the close. Select Textile (AT:EPIr) declined 6.29% or 0.009 points to end at 0.134 and Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr) was down 4.07% or 0.050 points to 1.180.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 58 to 35 and 11 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.06% or 0.75 to $1348.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.89% or 1.77 to hit $47.27 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 3.69% or 1.77 to trade at $49.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.1282, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.8469.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 94.75.