Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 16.23% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Dromeas (AT:DROr), which rose 28.95% or 0.033 points to trade at 0.147 at the close. Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 1.51 and Creta Plastics (AT:PLAKR) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 6.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr), which lost 30.00% or 0.36 points to trade at 0.84 in late trade. Bank Of Piraeus (AT:BOPr) declined 30.00% or 0.120 points to end at 0.280 and Attica Bank (AT:BOAr) shed 30.00% or 0.021 points to 0.049.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 81 to 7 and 2 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.34% or 3.70 to $1091.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.49% or 0.70 to hit $46.42 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.86% or 1.50 to trade at $50.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.0965, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.7026.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 97.45.