Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Media, Retail and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite declined 0.05% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which rose 11.96% or 0.011 points to trade at 0.103 at the close. Iaso (AT:IASr) added 5.19% or 0.023 points to end at 0.466 and Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) was up 3.68% or 0.005 points to 0.141 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Creta Plastics (AT:PLAKR), which lost 4.02% or 0.200 points to trade at 4.770 in late trade. Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) declined 3.08% or 0.0240 points to end at 0.7560 and Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) shed 2.56% or 0.001 points to 0.038.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 51 to 44 and 21 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.28% or 3.45 to $1236.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.03% or 0.54 to hit $52.88 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.38 to trade at $55.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.0668, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.8509.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 100.50.