Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite fell 1.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Frigoglass (AT:FRIr), which rose 10.03% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.37 at the close. Reds (AT:CAMr) added 7.17% or 0.022 points to end at 0.329 and Iaso (AT:IASr) was up 5.37% or 0.026 points to 0.510 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Corinth Pipe (AT:CORr), which lost 6.67% or 0.056 points to trade at 0.784 in late trade. Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) declined 6.34% or 0.013 points to end at 0.192 and Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) shed 4.83% or 0.034 points to 0.676.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 57 to 36 and 14 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.14% or 1.70 to $1256.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.50% or 1.01 to hit $41.37 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.61% or 1.12 to trade at $43.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1385, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.7996.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 94.08.