Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Industrials and Basic Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Public Power (AT:DEHr), which rose 4.27% or 0.12 points to trade at 2.93 at the close. Select Textile (AT:EPIr) added 4.27% or 0.010 points to end at 0.244 and ThesKi Water (AT:TWSr) was up 3.09% or 0.150 points to 5.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which lost 13.92% or 0.028 points to trade at 0.170 in late trade. Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) declined 3.62% or 0.140 points to end at 3.730 and Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr) shed 3.08% or 0.350 points to 11.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 66 to 54 and 10 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.83% or 11.30 to $1351.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.01% or 0.66 to hit $66.17 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $70.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.2432, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 88.84.