Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the lost 2.43%.
The best performers of the session on the were Interlife General Insurance Company SA (AT:), which rose 1.32% or 0.08 points to trade at 6.14 at the close. Meanwhile, Hellenic Exchanges Athens Stock Exchange SA (AT:) added 1.13% or 0.08 points to end at 7.13 and Fais Symmetochon AE (AT:) was up 1.08% or 0.04 points to 3.76 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were National Bank of Greece SA (AT:), which fell 5.21% or 0.71 points to trade at 12.90 at the close. Bank of Cyprus Holdings PLC (AT:) declined 4.92% or 0.44 points to end at 8.50 and Alter Ego Media SA (AT:) was down 4.63% or 0.25 points to 5.15.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 96 to 19 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.84% or 43.61 to $5,135.49 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 9.00% or 7.85 to hit $95.10 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 8.14% or 7.49 to trade at $99.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.15, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 99.64.