Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Food, Retail and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.37% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr), which rose 3.73% or 0.0900 points to trade at 2.5000 at the close. Hygeia (AT:HYGr) added 2.99% or 0.020 points to end at 0.690 and Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr) was up 2.83% or 0.300 points to 10.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Elvalhalcor Hellenic Copper and Aluminium Industry SA (AT:ELHA), which lost 4.00% or 0.080 points to trade at 1.920 in late trade. Autohellas (AT:AUTr) declined 3.20% or 0.80 points to end at 24.20 and Aegean Airlines (AT:AGNr) shed 3.09% or 0.27 points to 8.48.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 61 to 53 and 13 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.85% or 11.20 to $1326.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.20% or 0.71 to hit $59.91 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.84% or 0.53 to trade at $63.32 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.2273, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8881.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 90.13.