Greece shares lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 0.14%

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 0.14%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Quality and Reliability SA (AT:QUAr), which rose 6.92% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.11 at the close. Alumil (AT:ALMr) added 5.44% or 0.19 points to end at 3.59 and Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr) was up 4.01% or 0.12 points to 2.98 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR), which lost 3.33% or 0.50 points to trade at 14.50 in late trade. Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (AT:OTEr) declined 3.02% or 0.46 points to end at 14.77 and Thessaloniki Water and Sewage Co SA (AT:TWSr) shed 2.76% or 0.09 points to 3.17.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 67 to 45 and 23 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.48% or 12.30 to $2,574.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.51% or 0.35 to hit $68.78 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.54% or 0.39 to trade at $72.67 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 106.41.