Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Household and Basic Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Papoutsanis Industrial and Commercial of Consumer Goods SA (AT:PSALr), which rose 4.60% or 0.11 points to trade at 2.50 at the close. Thessaloniki Water and Sewage Co SA (AT:TWSr) added 2.76% or 0.09 points to end at 3.35 and Bank of Cyprus Holdings PLC (AT:BOCHGRr) was up 2.59% or 0.12 points to 4.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jumbo SA (AT:BABr), which lost 2.26% or 0.60 points to trade at 26.00 in late trade. Interlife General Insurance Company SA (AT:INLIFr) declined 2.10% or 0.10 points to end at 4.66 and Metlen Energy & Metals AE (AT:MYTr) shed 2.06% or 0.72 points to 34.16.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 65 to 51 and 22 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.58% or 15.36 to $2,680.76 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $74.17 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.19 to trade at $76.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.39% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP rose 0.74% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 109.00.