Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 1.31% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Korres (AT:KRRr), which rose 8.11% or 0.330 points to trade at 4.400 at the close. Select Textile (AT:EPIr) added 7.72% or 0.020 points to end at 0.279 and Halcor (AT:XAKO) was up 2.11% or 0.016 points to 0.776 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr), which lost 8.62% or 0.4300 points to trade at 4.5600 in late trade. Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) declined 5.31% or 0.013 points to end at 0.232 and Public Power (AT:DEHr) shed 4.93% or 0.11 points to 2.12.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 69 to 36 and 11 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.81% or 10.16 to $1259.56 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $48.80 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.23 to trade at $51.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.49% to 1.1677, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8920.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 93.75.