Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Banking and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.86% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Halcor (AT:XAKO), which rose 7.18% or 0.065 points to trade at 0.970 at the close. Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) added 2.68% or 0.0060 points to end at 0.2290 and Lamda Develop (AT:LMDr) was up 2.59% or 0.170 points to 6.730 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr), which lost 11.38% or 0.067 points to trade at 0.520 in late trade. Select Textile (AT:EPIr) declined 9.33% or 0.025 points to end at 0.247 and Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) shed 4.46% or 0.210 points to 4.500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 65 to 38 and 12 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.32% or 4.24 to $1326.44 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.25% or 0.12 to hit $47.11 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.13 to trade at $52.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1868, while EUR/GBP fell 0.61% to 0.9154.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 92.75.