Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Food, Household and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite declined 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which rose 7.46% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.144 at the close. Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) added 4.21% or 0.080 points to end at 1.980 and Athens Water (AT:EYDr) was up 3.85% or 0.20 points to 5.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Athens Medical (AT:AMCr), which lost 7.01% or 0.049 points to trade at 0.650 in late trade. National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) declined 5.56% or 0.01 points to end at 0.17 and Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr) shed 3.45% or 0.040 points to 1.120.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 60 to 36 and 16 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.45 to $1304.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.21% or 0.54 to hit $44.12 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.55% or 0.72 to trade at $45.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1121, while EUR/GBP fell 0.42% to 0.8873.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 97.03.