Greek stocks fall at close of trade; The Athens General Composite was down 0.34% by Investing.com

Investing.com – Greece stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Athens, down 0.34%.

The best performers of the session on the were Port of Piraeus (AT: ), which rose 2.99% or 0.80 points to trade at 27.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (AT:) added 1.61% or 0.25 points to end at 15.74 and Central hold (AT: ) was up 1.43% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.35 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Interlife General Insurance Company SA (AT:), which declined 5.09% or 0.25 points to trade at 4.66 at the close. Elton SA (AT:) declined 3.17% or 0.05 points to end at 1.65 and Iktinos Hellas (AT:) decreased 2.78% or 0.01 points to 0.35.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange 76 to 46, with 19 ending unchanged.

Gold futures for December delivery rose 0.85%, or 22.70, to $2,682.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for November delivery rose 3.17%, or 2.16, to $70.33 a barrel, while the December Brent crude contract rose 2.98% or 2.14, to 73.84 dollars per barrel.

EUR/USD fell 0.53% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.11% to 0.83.

US dollar index futures rose 0.40% to 100.92.