Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Retail and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were European Reliance General Insurance Co SA (AT:EREr), which rose 1.86% or 0.070 points to trade at 3.840 at the close. Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) added 1.77% or 0.007 points to end at 0.402 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) was up 1.61% or 0.005 points to 0.316 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Public Power (AT:DEHr), which lost 9.65% or 0.22 points to trade at 2.06 in late trade. Intracom Hold (AT:INRr) declined 6.51% or 0.051 points to end at 0.733 and Folli Follie (AT:HDFr) shed 3.73% or 0.31 points to 7.99.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 74 to 42 and 11 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.11% or 1.40 to $1319.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.38% or 0.27 to hit $70.97 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.01% or 0.78 to trade at $77.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1966, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8804.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 92.31.