Greece shares lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 0.32%

Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Household and Basic Resources sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 0.32% to hit a new 1-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Cenergy Holdings SA (AT:CENEr), which rose 3.02% or 0.26 points to trade at 8.88 at the close. Intrakat Technikon Kai Energeiakon Ergon AE (AT:INCr) added 2.98% or 0.14 points to end at 4.84 and Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr) was up 1.62% or 0.06 points to 3.77 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr), which lost 4.43% or 0.12 points to trade at 2.59 in late trade. Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) declined 4.23% or 0.08 points to end at 1.72 and Fourlis Hld (AT:FRLr) shed 3.18% or 0.12 points to 3.65.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 74 to 48 and 19 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 12.05 to $2,741.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.86% or 0.61 to hit $70.16 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.75% or 0.56 to trade at $74.40 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 104.07.