Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Food, Travel and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 1.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Hygeia (AT:HYGr), which rose 10.09% or 0.011 points to trade at 0.120 at the close. Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) added 9.57% or 0.029 points to end at 0.332 and Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) was up 6.43% or 0.09 points to 1.49 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dromeas (AT:DROr), which lost 14.29% or 0.017 points to trade at 0.102 in late trade. Centric Hold (AT:DESr) declined 12.86% or 0.018 points to end at 0.122 and Coca Cola HBC AG (AT:EEEr) shed 6.64% or 1.46 points to 20.54.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 52 to 30 and 5 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 1.44% or 15.90 to $1123.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.37% or 0.16 to hit $43.24 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.21 to trade at $49.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.38% to 1.1195, while EUR/GBP rose 0.93% to 0.7159.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.17% at 96.09.