Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Household and Basic Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Austriacard Holdings AG (AT:ACAGr), which rose 4.26% or 0.23 points to trade at 5.63 at the close. Interlife General Insurance Company SA (AT:INLIFr) added 4.05% or 0.18 points to end at 4.62 and Petros Petropoulos SA (AT:PTRr) was up 3.99% or 0.32 points to 8.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Biokarpet Industrial and Commercial Enterprises SA (AT:ALBr), which lost 3.39% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.85 in late trade. Quality and Reliability SA (AT:QUAr) declined 2.65% or 0.03 points to end at 1.18 and Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) shed 2.12% or 0.01 points to 0.32.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 72 to 47 and 21 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.94% or 25.25 to $2,711.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.72% or 0.49 to hit $68.86 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.36 to trade at $72.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.34% to 0.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 106.31.