Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Healthcare and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 1.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr), which rose 2.70% or 0.006 points to trade at 0.228 at the close. Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) added 2.33% or 0.080 points to end at 3.510 and Select Textile (AT:EPIr) was up 2.04% or 0.004 points to 0.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr), which lost 4.35% or 0.004 points to trade at 0.088 in late trade. Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) declined 4.31% or 0.075 points to end at 1.665 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) shed 3.98% or 0.029 points to 0.699.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 83 to 27 and 7 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.67% or 8.55 to $1291.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.94% or 0.49 to hit $51.55 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.20% or 0.70 to trade at $57.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1848, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8974.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 92.96.