Greece stocks lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 0.17%

Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Household and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 0.17%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Thessaloniki Water and Sewage Co SA (AT:TWSr), which rose 3.80% or 0.12 points to trade at 3.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (AT:OLTr) added 2.38% or 0.50 points to end at 21.50 and Petros Petropoulos SA (AT:PTRr) was up 1.75% or 0.14 points to 8.14 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Quality and Reliability SA (AT:QUAr), which fell 2.26% or 0.03 points to trade at 1.21 at the close. Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr) declined 1.99% or 0.04 points to end at 1.97 and Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) was down 1.97% or 0.03 points to 1.59.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 72 to 51 and 15 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.67% or 18.15 to $2,676.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.52% or 0.35 to hit $68.02 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.24 to trade at $71.33 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 100.06.