Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Household and Travel sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 0.30% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iaso (AT:IASr), which rose 9.06% or 0.115 points to trade at 1.385 at the close. Elvalhalcor Hellenic Copper and Aluminium Industry SA (AT:ELHA) added 4.35% or 0.070 points to end at 1.680 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) was up 4.24% or 0.0305 points to 0.7505 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR), which lost 7.69% or 1.100 points to trade at 13.300 in late trade. AS Company SA (AT:ASCr) declined 5.61% or 0.120 points to end at 2.020 and Public Power (AT:DEHr) shed 3.01% or 0.08 points to 2.58.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 60 to 52 and 10 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.60% or 21.30 to $1348.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.65% or 1.06 to hit $65.36 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.51% or 1.04 to trade at $69.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.2352, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8732.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 89.12.