Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Household sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite declined 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Intracom Hold (AT:INRr), which rose 5.15% or 0.021 points to trade at 0.429 at the close. Meanwhile, Hygeia (AT:HYGr) added 4.36% or 0.012 points to end at 0.287 and Korres (AT:KRRr) was up 3.75% or 0.130 points to 3.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr), which fell 6.97% or 0.014 points to trade at 0.187 at the close. Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) declined 2.94% or 0.0050 points to end at 0.1650 and Centric Hold (AT:DESr) was down 2.80% or 0.003 points to 0.104.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 59 to 34 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Intracom Hold (AT:INRr) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.15% or 0.021 to 0.429. Shares in Hygeia (AT:HYGr) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.36% or 0.012 to 0.287.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.29% or 3.70 to $1287.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.25% or 1.14 to hit $49.57 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.04% or 1.08 to trade at $51.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.0697, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8367.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 99.84.