Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Retail, Banking and Travel sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which rose 7.28% or 0.011 points to trade at 0.162 at the close. Meanwhile, Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr) added 4.67% or 0.280 points to end at 6.280 and Public Power (AT:DEHr) was up 3.33% or 0.10 points to 3.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which fell 10.00% or 0.0200 points to trade at 0.1800 at the close. Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) declined 5.64% or 0.011 points to end at 0.184 and Folli Follie (AT:HDFr) was down 4.07% or 0.75 points to 17.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 51 to 46 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.67% or 0.280 to 6.280.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.64% or 7.45 to $1176.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.67% or 0.34 to hit $51.40 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.57% or 0.31 to trade at $54.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.0675, while EUR/GBP fell 0.58% to 0.8419.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 100.80.