Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 1.98% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Fourlis Hld (AT:FRLr), which rose 3.15% or 0.180 points to trade at 5.900 at the close. Coca Cola HBC AG (AT:EEEr) added 2.44% or 0.7250 points to end at 30.4850 and Autohellas (AT:AUTr) was up 1.75% or 0.40 points to 23.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Iaso (AT:IASr), which lost 8.89% or 0.080 points to trade at 0.820 in late trade. Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) declined 7.97% or 0.024 points to end at 0.277 and Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) shed 7.69% or 0.200 points to 2.400.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 89 to 19 and 15 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.09% or 1.20 to $1303.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.52% or 2.49 to hit $68.22 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.72% or 2.14 to trade at $76.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.1667, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8760.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 94.10.