Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 1.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Nireus Aqua (AT:NIRr), which rose 6.86% or 0.012 points to trade at 0.184 at the close. K.L.M. (AT:KLUr) added 4.58% or 0.024 points to end at 0.550 and Elastron SA (AT:ELSRr) was up 3.83% or 0.0450 points to 1.2200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr), which lost 13.20% or 0.184 points to trade at 1.210 in late trade. Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) declined 9.84% or 0.0600 points to end at 0.5500 and Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr) shed 6.22% or 0.084 points to 1.266.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 69 to 30 and 14 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 3.00 to $1202.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.12% or 1.18 to hit $56.87 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.25% or 1.47 to trade at $66.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.1311, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8693.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 96.87.