Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Resources, Healthcare and Household sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr), which rose 5.97% or 0.4000 points to trade at 7.3000 at the close. Centric Hold (AT:DESr) added 3.16% or 0.005 points to end at 0.163 and Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr) was up 1.99% or 0.050 points to 2.560 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Profile Syst (AT:PRFr), which lost 4.51% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.270 in late trade. Mytilineos Holdings SA (AT:MYTr) declined 3.90% or 0.400 points to end at 9.860 and J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) shed 3.07% or 0.025 points to 0.790.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 72 to 46 and 15 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.93% or 12.40 to $1325.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.75% or 0.51 to hit $67.89 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.15 to trade at $73.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.2221, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 90.58.