Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Basic Resources and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite declined 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which rose 7.61% or 0.014 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Iaso (AT:IASr) added 5.56% or 0.027 points to end at 0.513 and Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) was up 4.00% or 0.040 points to 1.040 in late trade.
Biggest losers included National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr), which lost 3.54% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.245 in late trade. Hygeia (AT:HYGr) declined 3.25% or 0.008 points to end at 0.238 and Public Power (AT:DEHr) shed 3.18% or 0.09 points to 2.74.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 52 to 46 and 23 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.64% or 7.85 to $1225.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.08% or 0.57 to hit $53.18 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.05% or 0.58 to trade at $55.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.0554, while EUR/GBP rose 0.56% to 0.8615.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 101.90.