Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Retail, Industrials and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 1.04% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr), which rose 2.14% or 0.030 points to trade at 1.430 at the close. Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) added 2.14% or 0.300 points to end at 14.300 and Athens Medical (AT:AMCr) was up 1.53% or 0.020 points to 1.330 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Elvalhalcor Hellenic Copper and Aluminium Industry SA (AT:ELHA), which lost 4.68% or 0.065 points to trade at 1.325 in late trade. Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) declined 4.62% or 0.0330 points to end at 0.6820 and Intracom Constructions Technical and Steel Constructions SA (AT:INCr) shed 4.03% or 0.050 points to 1.190.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 73 to 27 and 20 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $1194.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.93% or 0.61 to hit $66.03 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.37 to trade at $72.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1515, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8958.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 95.51.