Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Media and Travel sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite fell 2.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Korres (AT:KRRr), which rose 5.66% or 0.250 points to trade at 4.670 at the close. Meanwhile, Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) added 2.59% or 0.030 points to end at 1.190 and Lamda Develop (AT:LMDr) was up 2.43% or 0.120 points to 5.050 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr), which fell 14.15% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.091 at the close. National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) declined 7.58% or 0.025 points to end at 0.305 and Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) was down 6.90% or 0.016 points to 0.216.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 75 to 23 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Korres (AT:KRRr) rose to 5-year highs; rising 5.66% or 0.250 to 4.670. Shares in Lamda Develop (AT:LMDr) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.43% or 0.120 to 5.050.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.19% or 2.43 to $1253.07 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.43% or 0.22 to hit $51.25 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.20 to trade at $53.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1183, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8639.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.27.