Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Utilities and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr), which rose 3.24% or 0.080 points to trade at 2.550 at the close. Centric Hold (AT:DESr) added 2.94% or 0.003 points to end at 0.105 and Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA (AT:MORr) was up 2.71% or 0.42 points to 15.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which lost 9.71% or 0.017 points to trade at 0.158 in late trade. Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) declined 5.51% or 0.130 points to end at 2.230 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) shed 5.24% or 0.013 points to 0.235.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 60 to 37 and 17 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.30% or 3.65 to $1233.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.49% or 0.24 to hit $49.07 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $51.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.0751, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.8695.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 100.09.