Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Resources, Travel and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite fell 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Athens Medical (AT:AMCr), which rose 8.59% or 0.055 points to trade at 0.695 at the close. Meanwhile, Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) added 7.14% or 0.0100 points to end at 0.1540 and Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr) was up 6.73% or 0.150 points to 2.380 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which fell 20.97% or 0.026 points to trade at 0.097 at the close. Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr) declined 10.73% or 0.038 points to end at 0.316 and Select Textile (AT:EPIr) was down 9.68% or 0.015 points to 0.140.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 57 to 47 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr) rose to 5-year highs; up 6.73% or 0.150 to 2.380.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.36% or 4.05 to $1134.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $52.86 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $55.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.0453, while EUR/GBP rose 0.47% to 0.8537.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 102.98.