Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Utilities and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 4.03% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which rose 9.58% or 0.016 points to trade at 0.183 at the close. Hygeia (AT:HYGr) added 5.29% or 0.009 points to end at 0.179 and FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr) was up 5.05% or 0.160 points to 3.170 in late trade.
Biggest losers included National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr), which lost 11.54% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.23 in late trade. Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) declined 8.89% or 0.004 points to end at 0.041 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) shed 7.39% or 0.050 points to 0.627.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 91 to 25 and 4 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.16% or 1.95 to $1187.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.13% or 0.61 to hit $53.17 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.33% or 0.75 to trade at $55.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.0694, while EUR/GBP rose 0.66% to 0.8535.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 100.58.