Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Travel and Basic Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Lamda Develop (AT:LMDr), which rose 5.38% or 0.360 points to trade at 7.050 at the close. J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) added 4.65% or 0.041 points to end at 0.922 and Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr) was up 3.26% or 0.350 points to 11.100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr), which lost 5.20% or 0.002 points to trade at 0.031 in late trade. Centric Hold (AT:DESr) declined 4.62% or 0.008 points to end at 0.165 and Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) shed 3.31% or 0.005 points to 0.146.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 78 to 42 and 10 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.31% or 17.70 to $1338.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $61.62 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.05% or 0.69 to trade at $64.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.2339, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8817.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 89.58.