Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Media, Financials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite declined 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr), which rose 16.47% or 0.014 points to trade at 0.099 at the close. Athens Medical (AT:AMCr) added 5.00% or 0.050 points to end at 1.080 and Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr) was up 3.98% or 0.1800 points to 4.7000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Public Power (AT:DEHr), which lost 3.64% or 0.15 points to trade at 3.97 in late trade. Select Textile (AT:EPIr) declined 3.55% or 0.007 points to end at 0.190 and Hell.Exchanges (AT:EXCr) shed 3.28% or 0.18 points to 5.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 64 to 38 and 16 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.40% or 5.07 to $1253.63 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.43% or 0.21 to hit $49.28 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.23 to trade at $52.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1126, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.8554.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 97.51.