Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Utilities and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 2.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which rose 6.51% or 0.011 points to trade at 0.180 at the close. Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) added 3.22% or 0.011 points to end at 0.353 and Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) was up 1.51% or 0.150 points to 10.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr), which lost 9.24% or 0.230 points to trade at 2.260 in late trade. Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) declined 7.80% or 0.014 points to end at 0.163 and Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) shed 7.54% or 0.278 points to 3.410.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 86 to 37 and 7 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.08% or 1.10 to $1339.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.92% or 1.26 to hit $64.30 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 1.04 to trade at $68.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.2413, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8785.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 88.98.