Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Banking and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite fell 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr), which rose 10.14% or 0.007 points to trade at 0.076 at the close. Meanwhile, Korres (AT:KRRr) added 9.90% or 0.410 points to end at 4.550 and Elliniki Technodomiki Anemos SA (AT:ANEMr) was up 4.88% or 0.060 points to 1.290 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Profile Syst (AT:PRFr), which fell 4.99% or 0.034 points to trade at 0.647 at the close. Select Textile (AT:EPIr) declined 4.83% or 0.010 points to end at 0.197 and Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) was down 4.08% or 0.010 points to 0.235.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 55 to 50 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Korres (AT:KRRr) rose to 3-years highs; up 9.90% or 0.410 to 4.550. Shares in Elliniki Technodomiki Anemos SA (AT:ANEMr) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.88% or 0.060 to 1.290.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.44% or 5.43 to $1229.63 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.50% or 0.24 to hit $47.59 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.18 to trade at $50.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.0919, while EUR/GBP rose 0.52% to 0.8473.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 99.14.