Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Resources, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 1.13% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr), which rose 7.02% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.305 at the close. Centric Hold (AT:DESr) added 6.43% or 0.009 points to end at 0.149 and Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) was up 2.81% or 0.050 points to 1.830 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr), which lost 21.74% or 0.750 points to trade at 2.700 in late trade. Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) declined 7.96% or 0.009 points to end at 0.104 and Public Power (AT:DEHr) shed 4.37% or 0.09 points to 1.97.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 70 to 36 and 12 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 5.82 to $1316.42 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.66% or 0.83 to hit $50.73 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.85% or 1.02 to trade at $56.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1989, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8843.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 91.57.