Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Food and Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite fell 2.88% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which rose 10.68% or 0.011 points to trade at 0.114 at the close. FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr) added 9.39% or 0.230 points to end at 2.680 and Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr) was up 3.31% or 0.040 points to 1.250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which lost 20.31% or 0.026 points to trade at 0.101 in late trade. Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) declined 13.96% or 0.086 points to end at 0.530 and Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Company SA (AT:ELIr) shed 9.96% or 0.0780 points to 0.7050.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 59 to 40 and 12 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.34% or 4.55 to $1326.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.43% or 1.16 to hit $46.48 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.37% or 1.16 to trade at $47.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.15% to 1.0989, while EUR/GBP rose 2.56% to 0.8334.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.14% at 96.72.