Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Resources, Travel and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Athens Medical (AT:AMCr), which rose 8.59% or 0.055 points to trade at 0.695 at the close. Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) added 7.14% or 0.0100 points to end at 0.1540 and Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr) was up 6.73% or 0.150 points to 2.380 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which lost 20.97% or 0.026 points to trade at 0.097 in late trade. Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr) declined 10.73% or 0.038 points to end at 0.316 and Select Textile (AT:EPIr) shed 9.68% or 0.015 points to 0.140.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 57 to 47 and 7 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.36% or 4.10 to $1134.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $52.86 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $55.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.0455, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8539.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 102.97.