Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Travel and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr), which rose 10.95% or 0.045 points to trade at 0.456 at the close. Intralot (AT:INLr) added 7.50% or 0.090 points to end at 1.290 and Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) was up 4.64% or 0.041 points to 0.925 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr), which lost 5.59% or 0.1600 points to trade at 2.7000 in late trade. Aegean Airlines (AT:AGNr) declined 4.68% or 0.29 points to end at 5.91 and Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) shed 2.72% or 0.050 points to 1.790.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 44 to 42 and 19 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 1.20% or 15.25 to $1253.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.70% or 0.35 to hit $50.18 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.93% or 0.48 to trade at $52.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.1162, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.8838.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 96.63.