Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Utilities 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 Athens Medical (AT:AMCr), which rose 9.83% or 0.059 points to trade at 0.659 at the close. Meanwhile, Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) added 4.86% or 0.009 points to end at 0.194 and Fourlis Hld (AT:FRLr) was up 2.46% or 0.100 points to 4.170 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr), which fell 8.70% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.21 at the close. Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr) declined 7.50% or 0.090 points to end at 1.110 and Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) was down 5.92% or 0.055 points to 0.874.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 67 to 30 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fourlis Hld (AT:FRLr) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.46% or 0.100 to 4.170.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.20% or 2.35 to $1185.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $47.98 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $48.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.0579, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8486.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 101.62.