Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Retail and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 1.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Euro Reliance (AT:EREr), which rose 10.00% or 0.15 points to trade at 1.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Halcor (AT:XAKO) added 8.42% or 0.033 points to end at 0.425 and Iaso (AT:IASr) was up 6.76% or 0.050 points to 0.790 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Athens Medical (AT:AMCr), which fell 8.73% or 0.069 points to trade at 0.790 at the close. Public Power (AT:DEHr) declined 8.06% or 0.40 points to end at 4.56 and Gek Terna (AT:HRMr) was down 7.07% or 0.13 points to 1.71.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 44 to 34 and 1 ended unchanged.
Shares in Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) rose to 3-years highs; rising 10.00% or 0.15 to 1.65.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.09% or 1.10 to $1189.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.88% or 1.66 to hit $59.34 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.14% or 1.97 to trade at $64.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.0964, while EUR/GBP rose 0.55% to 0.7188.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 97.16.