Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Chemicals and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Autohellas (AT:AUTr), which rose 7.05% or 0.79 points to trade at 11.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Frigoglass (AT:FRIr) added 4.48% or 0.09 points to end at 2.10 and Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr) was up 3.76% or 0.15 points to 4.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank Of Piraeus (AT:BOPr), which fell 14.17% or 0.018 points to trade at 0.109 at the close. Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) declined 12.07% or 0.007 points to end at 0.051 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) was down 7.13% or 0.04 points to 0.53.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 44 to 43 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bank Of Piraeus (AT:BOPr) fell to all time lows; down 14.17% or 0.018 to 0.109. Shares in Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) fell to all time lows; down 12.07% or 0.007 to 0.051.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.30% or 3.30 to $1115.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.57% or 0.24 to hit $42.65 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.34% or 0.17 to trade at $48.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.1026, while EUR/GBP fell 0.95% to 0.7040.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 97.03.