Greece shares lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 0.62%

Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Travel , Household and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.62%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Ellaktor SA (AT: HELr ), which rose 6.06% or 0.120 points to trade at 2.100 at the close. Public Power (AT: DEHr ) added 4.23% or 0.08 points to end at 1.97 and J. & P. Avax (AT: AVAr ) was up 4.10% or 0.024 points to 0.609 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Kekrops SA (AT: KEKr ), which lost 3.57% or 0.0500 points to trade at 1.3500 in late trade. Intralot (AT: INLr ) declined 3.42% or 0.038 points to end at 1.074 and Cenergy Holdings SA (AT: CENEr ) shed 3.28% or 0.0400 points to 1.1800.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 63 to 50 and 9 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.25% or 3.20 to $1276.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.67% or 1.10 to hit $64.59 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.59 to trade at $74.75 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.1570, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8782.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 94.75.