Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Telecoms and Travel sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite fell 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which rose 6.82% or 0.012 points to trade at 0.188 at the close. Meanwhile, Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) added 6.38% or 0.0090 points to end at 0.1500 and Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) was up 4.41% or 0.100 points to 2.370 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Athens Medical (AT:AMCr), which fell 6.01% or 0.036 points to trade at 0.572 at the close. AS Company SA (AT:ASCr) declined 4.51% or 0.034 points to end at 0.720 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) was down 4.17% or 0.01 points to 0.23.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 52 to 52 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.41% or 0.100 to 2.370.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.37% or 4.60 to $1256.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.50% or 0.27 to hit $54.18 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.67% or 0.38 to trade at $56.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.0575, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8460.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 101.02.