Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Household, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 0.40% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iaso (AT:IASr), which rose 7.25% or 0.059 points to trade at 0.873 at the close. Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) added 6.41% or 0.1000 points to end at 1.6600 and Hygeia (AT:HYGr) was up 3.99% or 0.014 points to 0.365 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which lost 16.67% or 0.0350 points to trade at 0.1750 in late trade. Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) declined 5.06% or 0.012 points to end at 0.225 and Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) shed 3.36% or 0.080 points to 2.300.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 60 to 47 and 14 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.04% or 0.45 to $1277.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.53% or 0.28 to hit $52.19 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $58.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.1808, while EUR/GBP fell 0.58% to 0.8904.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.53.