Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Financials and Household sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 3.15% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr), which rose 10.13% or 0.046 points to trade at 0.500 at the close. Lykos Inform. (AT:LYKr) added 3.67% or 0.02 points to end at 0.48 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) was up 2.72% or 0.02 points to 0.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Public Power (AT:DEHr), which lost 14.18% or 0.60 points to trade at 3.63 in late trade. Hell.Exchanges (AT:EXCr) declined 10.60% or 0.44 points to end at 3.71 and Jumbo (AT:BABr) shed 10.34% or 0.750 points to 6.500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 59 to 15 and 2 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.41% or 4.90 to $1176.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.13% or 0.08 to hit $60.53 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.62% or 0.40 to trade at $64.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1248, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.7155.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 95.23.