Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Household, Banking and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite fell 3.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Reds (AT:CAMr), which rose 9.35% or 0.029 points to trade at 0.339 at the close. Sarantiseg (AT:SRSr) added 8.87% or 0.67 points to end at 8.22 and Iaso (AT:IASr) was up 6.65% or 0.027 points to 0.432 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Frigoglass (AT:FRIr), which lost 14.87% or 0.08 points to trade at 0.48 in late trade. Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) declined 10.11% or 0.018 points to end at 0.160 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) shed 8.70% or 0.02 points to 0.21.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 44 to 44 and 14 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.61% or 7.70 to $1246.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.34% or 0.14 to hit $41.28 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.07 to trade at $41.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.1250, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.7817.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 95.28.