Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Food and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 1.99% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iaso (AT:IASr), which rose 3.36% or 0.026 points to trade at 0.800 at the close. Gek Terna (AT:HRMr) added 3.01% or 0.150 points to end at 5.140 and Intercontinental International Real Estate Investment Company SA (AT:ICIr) was up 2.88% or 0.150 points to 5.350 in late trade.
Biggest losers included National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr), which lost 6.33% or 0.138 points to trade at 2.042 in late trade. Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) declined 5.56% or 0.800 points to end at 13.600 and Athens Water (AT:EYDr) shed 5.29% or 0.29 points to 5.19.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 73 to 32 and 9 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.33% or 4.00 to $1203.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.20% or 0.84 to hit $69.03 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.00% or 0.78 to trade at $77.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.1625, while EUR/GBP fell 0.42% to 0.8973.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 95.09.