Greece stocks lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 0.47%

Greece stocks lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 0.47%

Apr 20, 2018

Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Resources, Technology and Utilities sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.47%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr), which rose 6.35% or 0.4000 points to trade at 6.7000 at the close. Meanwhile, Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr) added 3.24% or 0.052 points to end at 1.656 and Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr) was up 2.54% or 0.300 points to 12.100 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were MLS Multimedia (AT:MLSr), which fell 3.86% or 0.170 points to trade at 4.230 at the close. Sarantiseg (AT:SRSr) declined 3.40% or 0.50 points to end at 14.20 and Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) was down 2.94% or 0.400 points to 13.200.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 59 to 57 and 15 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.61% or 8.20 to $1340.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.63% or 0.43 to hit $67.86 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.66% or 0.49 to trade at $73.29 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.2275, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8750.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 90.08.

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