Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Household and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 1.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Hygeia (AT:HYGr), which rose 6.80% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.154 at the close. Meanwhile, Select Textile (AT:EPIr) added 6.36% or 0.007 points to end at 0.117 and Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) was up 3.80% or 0.0370 points to 1.0100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr), which fell 6.96% or 0.008 points to trade at 0.107 at the close. Fourlis Hld (AT:FRLr) declined 5.88% or 0.220 points to end at 3.520 and Centric Hold (AT:DESr) was down 5.56% or 0.006 points to 0.102.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 53 to 37 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 1.05% or 14.05 to $1353.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.33% or 0.16 to hit $48.83 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.23 to trade at $50.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1138, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8382.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 95.65.