Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Utilities and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite fell 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Reds (AT:CAMr), which rose 10.00% or 0.031 points to trade at 0.341 at the close. Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) added 7.44% or 0.065 points to end at 0.939 and Sarantiseg (AT:SRSr) was up 3.29% or 0.35 points to 10.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which lost 5.88% or 0.006 points to trade at 0.096 in late trade. Iaso (AT:IASr) declined 5.53% or 0.026 points to end at 0.444 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) shed 4.55% or 0.01 points to 0.21.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 62 to 45 and 12 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.45% or 5.35 to $1183.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.48% or 1.19 to hit $46.77 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.51% or 1.23 to trade at $47.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.47% to 1.0604, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8512.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 101.44.