Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Household, Banking and Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite declined 3.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Reds (AT:CAMr), which rose 9.35% or 0.029 points to trade at 0.339 at the close. Meanwhile, Sarantiseg (AT:SRSr) added 8.87% or 0.67 points to end at 8.22 and Iaso (AT:IASr) was up 6.65% or 0.027 points to 0.432 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Frigoglass (AT:FRIr), which fell 14.87% or 0.08 points to trade at 0.48 at the close. Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) declined 10.11% or 0.018 points to end at 0.160 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) was down 8.70% or 0.02 points to 0.21.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 44 to 44 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Frigoglass (AT:FRIr) fell to all time lows; losing 14.87% or 0.08 to 0.48. Shares in Sarantiseg (AT:SRSr) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 8.87% or 0.67 to 8.22.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.63% or 7.90 to $1246.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.34% or 0.14 to hit $41.28 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.08 to trade at $41.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.1250, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.7817.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 95.28.