Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Banking and Travel sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 1.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr), which rose 8.70% or 0.4400 points to trade at 5.5000 at the close. European Reliance General Insurance Co SA (AT:EREr) added 3.15% or 0.110 points to end at 3.600 and Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr) was up 2.20% or 0.050 points to 2.320 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which lost 7.56% or 0.0090 points to trade at 0.1100 in late trade. Karatzi (AT:KRTr) declined 7.33% or 0.550 points to end at 7.100 and Loulis Mills (AT:LOUr) shed 5.45% or 0.12 points to 2.22.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 62 to 42 and 11 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.42% or 5.10 to $1229.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $68.11 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.52 to trade at $73.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.1711, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8933.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.66% at 94.35.