Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR), which rose 7.56% or 0.900 points to trade at 12.900 at the close. Iaso (AT:IASr) added 4.73% or 0.040 points to end at 0.886 and Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) was up 2.02% or 0.024 points to 1.212 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Public Power (AT:DEHr), which lost 4.51% or 0.06 points to trade at 1.27 in late trade. Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) declined 4.45% or 0.0226 points to end at 0.4854 and Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) shed 3.93% or 0.005 points to 0.127.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 68 to 34 and 16 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.85% or 22.20 to $1221.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.51% or 0.85 to hit $57.31 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.41% or 0.94 to trade at $67.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8883.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 96.36.