Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Utilities and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 1.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Hygeia (AT:HYGr), which rose 9.09% or 0.017 points to trade at 0.204 at the close. Select Textile (AT:EPIr) added 7.36% or 0.012 points to end at 0.179 and Hellenic Petroleum SA (AT:HEPr) was up 5.15% or 0.230 points to 4.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Halcor (AT:XAKO), which lost 4.76% or 0.025 points to trade at 0.500 in late trade. Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) declined 4.40% or 0.080 points to end at 1.740 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) shed 4.17% or 0.01 points to 0.23.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 63 to 45 and 16 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.38% or 4.75 to $1234.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.47% or 0.80 to hit $53.53 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.59% or 0.90 to trade at $55.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.0534, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8460.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 101.50.