Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Resources, Travel and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 1.30% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were AS Company SA (AT:ASCr), which rose 4.90% or 0.100 points to trade at 2.140 at the close. Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) added 4.90% or 0.008 points to end at 0.180 and Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr) was up 4.58% or 0.550 points to 12.550 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr), which lost 10.65% or 0.083 points to trade at 0.696 in late trade. Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) declined 6.88% or 0.190 points to end at 2.570 and Select Textile (AT:EPIr) shed 4.03% or 0.010 points to 0.238.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 79 to 37 and 11 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.05% or 0.60 to $1323.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.53% or 0.34 to hit $64.72 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.38% or 0.26 to trade at $69.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.2301, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8767.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 89.74.