Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Retail, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr), which rose 10.00% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.660 at the close. Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr) added 4.58% or 0.082 points to end at 1.872 and Lamda Develop (AT:LMDr) was up 3.07% or 0.220 points to 7.390 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Folli Follie (AT:HDFr), which lost 2.80% or 0.50 points to trade at 17.38 in late trade. Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) declined 2.39% or 0.004 points to end at 0.147 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) shed 2.17% or 0.0180 points to 0.8120.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 60 to 55 and 14 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.20% or 2.60 to $1330.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.80% or 0.50 to hit $63.27 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.52 to trade at $66.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.2292, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.8797.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 89.82.