Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite fell 1.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr), which rose 8.29% or 0.029 points to trade at 0.379 at the close. Meanwhile, Intralot (AT:INLr) added 2.59% or 0.030 points to end at 1.190 and Creta Plastics (AT:PLAKR) was up 2.47% or 0.120 points to 4.970 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr), which fell 4.97% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.172 at the close. Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) declined 4.56% or 0.027 points to end at 0.565 and Profile Syst (AT:PRFr) was down 3.42% or 0.017 points to 0.480.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 64 to 28 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.25% or 3.10 to $1228.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $53.30 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.08 to trade at $56.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.0584, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8494.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 101.21.