Greece stocks lower at close of trade; Athens General Composite down 2.22%

Greece stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite lost 2.22% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Euronext Athens Holding SA (AT:EXCr), which rose 3.93% or 0.42 points to trade at 11.12 at the close. Meanwhile, Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA (AT:MORr) added 1.93% or 1.30 points to end at 68.80 and HELLENiQ ENERGY Holdings SA (AT:HEPr) was up 1.37% or 0.25 points to 18.51 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr), which fell 5.53% or 0.88 points to trade at 15.03 at the close. Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) declined 5.21% or 0.50 points to end at 9.10 and Performance Technologies SA (AT:PREFr) was down 4.47% or 0.46 points to 9.84.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 84 to 29 and 18 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.04% or 42.15 to $4,018.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.86% or 2.84 to hit $102.31 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.59% or 2.93 to trade at $116.10 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 101.55.