Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Travel and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which rose 3.25% or 0.0050 points to trade at 0.1590 at the close. Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr) added 2.89% or 0.250 points to end at 8.900 and Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr) was up 2.80% or 0.070 points to 2.570 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which lost 9.68% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.140 in late trade. Centric Hold (AT:DESr) declined 9.35% or 0.013 points to end at 0.126 and Iaso (AT:IASr) shed 4.62% or 0.046 points to 0.950.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 53 to 52 and 8 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.10% or 1.20 to $1249.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.63% or 0.36 to hit $57.72 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.70% or 1.08 to trade at $64.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.1804, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8835.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 93.72.