Greece stocks lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 1.42%

Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 1.42%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Optima bank SA (AT:OPTIMAr), which rose 3.04% or 0.56 points to trade at 19.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Thessaloniki Water and Sewage Co SA (AT:TWSr) added 2.16% or 0.07 points to end at 3.31 and Orilina Properties AEEAP (AT:ORILINAr) was up 0.78% or 0.01 points to 0.78 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr), which fell 4.62% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.33 at the close. Ekter (AT:EKTr) declined 3.58% or 0.08 points to end at 2.02 and Autohellas (AT:AUTr) was down 3.49% or 0.42 points to 11.60.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 109 to 29 and 11 ended unchanged.

Shares in Optima bank SA (AT:OPTIMAr) rose to all time highs; up 3.04% or 0.56 to 19.00.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.90% or 62.54 to $3,357.54 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.49% or 0.30 to hit $61.50 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.23 to trade at $64.67 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.13, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.

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The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 99.20.

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