Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Utilities and Basic Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 1.96% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr), which rose 9.55% or 0.042 points to trade at 0.482 at the close. AS Company SA (AT:ASCr) added 3.25% or 0.050 points to end at 1.600 and Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) was up 0.75% or 0.010 points to 1.340 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which lost 5.80% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.650 in late trade. Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) declined 5.45% or 0.003 points to end at 0.052 and Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) shed 5.36% or 0.090 points to 1.590.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 85 to 20 and 10 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.34% or 4.29 to $1276.21 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.35% or 0.18 to hit $52.02 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $57.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1747, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8911.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 93.79.