Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Travel and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite fell 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Gek Terna (AT:HRMr), which rose 3.98% or 0.130 points to trade at 3.400 at the close. Public Power (AT:DEHr) added 3.88% or 0.17 points to end at 4.55 and Metka (AT:MTKr) was up 2.86% or 0.21 points to 7.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which lost 6.25% or 0.008 points to trade at 0.120 in late trade. Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) declined 5.48% or 0.012 points to end at 0.207 and Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) shed 3.85% or 0.007 points to 0.175.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 54 to 45 and 17 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.06% or 0.81 to $1267.29 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.78% or 0.39 to hit $50.19 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.34 to trade at $52.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1179, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8705.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 97.29.