Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Telecoms and Travel sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which rose 6.82% or 0.012 points to trade at 0.188 at the close. Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) added 6.38% or 0.0090 points to end at 0.1500 and Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) was up 4.41% or 0.100 points to 2.370 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Athens Medical (AT:AMCr), which lost 6.01% or 0.036 points to trade at 0.572 in late trade. AS Company SA (AT:ASCr) declined 4.51% or 0.034 points to end at 0.720 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) shed 4.17% or 0.01 points to 0.23.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 52 to 52 and 27 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.37% or 4.65 to $1256.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.51% or 0.28 to hit $54.17 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.67% or 0.38 to trade at $56.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.0575, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.8461.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 101.02.