Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as in the sectors propelled shares .
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite unchanged 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr), which fell 5.52% or 0.160 points to trade at 2.740 at the close. Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) fell 2.84% or 0.0270 points to end at 0.9230 and Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) was up 1.87% or 0.005 points to 0.299 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aegean Airlines (AT:AGNr), which added 1.15% or 0.10 points to trade at 8.80 in late trade. Public Power (AT:DEHr) declined 2.27% or 0.05 points to end at 2.15 and Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA (AT:MORr) gained 0.22% or 0.04 points to 18.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 75 to 33 and 18 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.10% or 1.30 to $1293.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.82% or 0.59 to hit $71.61 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.85% or 0.68 to trade at $78.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.1709, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8772.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 93.87.