Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Basic Resources and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite declined 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which rose 7.61% or 0.014 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Iaso (AT:IASr) added 5.56% or 0.027 points to end at 0.513 and Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) was up 4.00% or 0.040 points to 1.040 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr), which fell 3.54% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.245 at the close. Hygeia (AT:HYGr) declined 3.25% or 0.008 points to end at 0.238 and Public Power (AT:DEHr) was down 3.18% or 0.09 points to 2.74.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 52 to 46 and 23 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.64% or 7.85 to $1225.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.10% or 0.58 to hit $53.19 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.05% or 0.58 to trade at $55.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.0554, while EUR/GBP rose 0.56% to 0.8615.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 101.90.