Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Household and Basic Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 2.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Premia AE (AT:PREMr), which rose 1.54% or 0.02 points to trade at 1.19 at the close. Piraeus Port (AT:OLPr) added 0.39% or 0.10 points to end at 25.80 and Dimand Societe Anonyme for Real Estate Constructions (AT:DIMANDr) was up 0.33% or 0.03 points to 9.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kri-Kri Milk (AT:KRIr), which lost 5.15% or 0.60 points to trade at 11.05 in late trade. Cars Motorcycles and Marine Engine Trade and Import Company SA (AT:MTDr) declined 4.91% or 0.13 points to end at 2.52 and Cenergy Holdings SA (AT:CENEr) shed 4.83% or 0.48 points to 9.45.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 115 to 13 and 12 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.14% or 3.50 to $2,477.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.39% or 2.59 to hit $73.72 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 3.02% or 2.40 to trade at $77.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.21% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP rose 0.66% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.21% at 102.94.