Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Hygeia (AT:HYGr), which rose 4.54% or 0.038 points to trade at 0.875 at the close. Public Power (AT:DEHr) added 4.51% or 0.12 points to end at 2.78 and Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) was up 3.38% or 0.1100 points to 3.3600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr), which lost 8.45% or 0.250 points to trade at 2.710 in late trade. Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr) declined 7.89% or 0.045 points to end at 0.525 and Select Textile (AT:EPIr) shed 4.13% or 0.010 points to 0.232.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 61 to 45 and 21 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.97% or 12.70 to $1324.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.66% or 1.69 to hit $65.23 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.92% or 1.97 to trade at $69.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.2260, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8719.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 89.80.