Greece stocks lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 0.74%

Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Household and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 0.74%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR), which rose 5.84% or 0.80 points to trade at 14.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Alumil (AT:ALMr) added 2.72% or 0.11 points to end at 3.96 and Biokarpet Industrial and Commercial Enterprises SA (AT:ALBr) was up 2.25% or 0.04 points to 1.82 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Interlife General Insurance Company SA (AT:INLIFr), which fell 2.76% or 0.12 points to trade at 4.23 at the close. Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr) declined 2.14% or 0.04 points to end at 1.74 and National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr) was down 2.11% or 0.14 points to 6.67.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 66 to 52 and 23 ended unchanged.

Shares in Interlife General Insurance Company SA (AT:INLIFr) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.76% or 0.12 to 4.23. Shares in Alumil (AT:ALMr) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.72% or 0.11 to 3.96.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.50% or 13.21 to $2,678.01 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.08% or 0.74 to hit $69.46 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.30 to trade at $73.08 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 105.96.