Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Reds (AT:CAMr), which rose 6.16% or 0.045 points to trade at 0.790 at the close. Nireus Aqua (AT:NIRr) added 5.29% or 0.009 points to end at 0.179 and Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr) was up 3.74% or 0.070 points to 1.940 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intralot (AT:INLr), which lost 26.89% or 0.139 points to trade at 0.378 in late trade. Intracom Holdings SA (AT:INRr) declined 18.76% or 0.127 points to end at 0.550 and Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) shed 9.97% or 0.012 points to 0.112.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 54 to 42 and 16 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.07% or 0.80 to $1219.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.91% or 0.47 to hit $51.09 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.18% or 0.71 to trade at $59.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1284, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 97.370.