Greece shares lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 0.39%

Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Travel , Media and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.39%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Karatzi (AT: KRTr ), which rose 10.00% or 0.600 points to trade at 6.600 at the close. Piraeus Bank SA (AT: BOPr ) added 3.39% or 0.040 points to end at 1.220 and Attica Bank SA (AT: BOAr ) was up 3.20% or 0.004 points to 0.129 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Public Power (AT: DEHr ), which lost 4.76% or 0.06 points to trade at 1.20 in late trade. Lampsa Hellenic Hotels SA (AT: LAMr ) declined 3.24% or 0.6000 points to end at 17.9000 and Hellenic Telec (AT: OTEr ) shed 2.96% or 0.30 points to 9.84.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 38 to 36 and 8 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.09% or 1.10 to $1229.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.60% or 1.87 to hit $70.05 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.11% or 1.72 to trade at $79.69 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.1526, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8780.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 95.12.