Greece Stock Market Update

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite fell 0.26%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were:
– Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Company SA (AT:ELIr): rose 2.83% or 0.06 points to trade at 2.18 at the close.
– Intralot (AT:INLr): added 2.46% or 0.02 points to end at 1.00.
– Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr): was up 2.22% or 0.13 points to 5.98 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr): fell 4.32% or 0.13 points to trade at 2.77 at the close.
– Viohalco SA (AT:VIOH): declined 3.30% or 0.18 points to end at 5.27.
– Optima bank SA (AT:OPTIMAr): down 2.33% or 0.30 points to 12.56.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 64 to 46, with 24 ending unchanged.

Commodities Update

• Gold Futures for February delivery were up 1.65% or 42.94 to $2,651.04 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.10% or 1.48 to hit $69.10 a barrel.
• The February Brent oil contract fell 0.47% or 0.34 to trade at $72.54 a barrel.

Currency Update

• EUR/USD was unchanged at 0.30% to 1.04.
• EUR/GBP was unchanged at 0.02% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 107.79.