Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Utilities and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite fell 2.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Motor Oil (AT:MORr), which rose 7.42% or 0.50 points to trade at 7.24 at the close. Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) added 6.67% or 0.020 points to end at 0.320 and Sarantiseg (AT:SRSr) was up 4.28% or 0.32 points to 7.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which lost 11.71% or 0.013 points to trade at 0.098 in late trade. Alpha Bank (AT:ACBr) declined 10.78% or 0.029 points to end at 0.240 and Public Power (AT:DEHr) shed 8.26% or 0.45 points to 5.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 47 to 24 and 2 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.58% or 6.90 to $1192.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 3.16% or 1.64 to hit $53.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.95% or 1.15 to trade at $60.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.92% to 1.0664, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.7217.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.82% at 98.92.