Stock market, Investing
Greece stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in theRetail, Banking and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite declined 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Papoutsanis(AT:PSALr), which rose 5.77% or 0.006 points to trade at 0.110 at the close. Meanwhile,Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr) added 3.21% or 0.160 points to end at 5.150 and Iktinos Hellas(AT:IKTr) was up 2.94% or 0.0280 points to 0.9800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr), which fell 10.00% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.18 at the close. Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) declined 9.68% or 0.0150 points to end at 0.1400 and Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Company SA (AT:ELIr) was down 9.45% or 0.0830 points to 0.7950.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 46 to 41 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.21% or 0.160 to 5.150.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.05% or 0.65 to $1356.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.02% or 0.84 to hit $40.76 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.93% or 0.84 to trade at $42.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1174, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8457.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 95.62.
Source Investing.com
