Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Basic Resources and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 2.70% to hit a new 3-year low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Frigoglass (AT:FRIr), which rose 4.27% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.71 at the close. FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr) added 3.08% or 0.070 points to end at 2.340 and Hygeia (AT:HYGr) was up 2.68% or 0.003 points to 0.115 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr), which lost 13.77% or 0.034 points to trade at 0.213 in late trade. Autohellas (AT:AUTr) declined 9.59% or 1.04 points to end at 9.81 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) shed 8.62% or 0.03 points to 0.27.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 75 to 27 and 5 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 1.53% or 16.40 to $1090.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 5.51% or 1.72 to hit $29.48 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 4.84% or 1.50 to trade at $29.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.81% to 1.0953, while EUR/GBP rose 1.57% to 0.7658.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.43% at 98.69.