Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Chemicals and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr), which rose 7.27% or 0.200 points to trade at 2.950 at the close. Meanwhile, Select Textile (AT:EPIr) added 2.88% or 0.004 points to end at 0.143 and Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) was up 2.86% or 0.050 points to 1.800 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. Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) declined 9.55% or 0.0170 points to end at 0.1610 and Autohellas (AT:AUTr) was down 7.00% or 0.84 points to 12.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 58 to 34 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr) rose to all time highs; up 7.27% or 0.200 to 2.950.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.35% or 4.75 to $1349.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.13% or 0.06 to hit $44.89 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $47.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.1243, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8421.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 94.93.