Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Retail and Basic Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr), which rose 17.36% or 0.420 points to trade at 2.840 at the close. Reds (AT:CAMr) added 9.57% or 0.033 points to end at 0.379 and Lykos Inform. (AT:LYKr) was up 8.24% or 0.0370 points to 0.4860 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Euroconsultants SA (AT:ERCr), which lost 9.38% or 0.1200 points to trade at 1.1300 in late trade. Athens Medical (AT:AMCr) declined 6.10% or 0.043 points to end at 0.662 and Intracom Hold (AT:INRr) shed 4.75% or 0.018 points to 0.361.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 55 to 53 and 13 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.76% or 9.20 to $1207.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.59% or 0.29 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.36 to trade at $50.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1138, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.7609.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.72.