Greece's equity market ended Tuesday's session slightly in the red, driven by sector-level weakness in Telecoms, Household and Basic Resources. At the close in Athens the Athens General Composite declined 0.01%.
Top and bottom movers
The session's strongest performer on the Athens General Composite was Athens Medical (AT:AMCr), which rose 4.02% - an increase of 0.08 points - to finish at 1.94. Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr) followed with a 3.63% gain, adding 0.14 points to end at 4.00. Holding Company ADMIE IPTO SA (AT:ADMr) also posted a positive result, climbing 2.33% or 0.07 points to close at 3.08.
On the other end of the spectrum, Coca Cola HBC AG (AT:EEEr) led decliners, slipping 2.45% or 1.25 points to close at 49.85. Euronext Athens Holding SA (AT:EXCr) declined 1.79%, a fall of 0.13 points to 7.12, while Kri-Kri Milk (AT:KRIr) lost 1.67% or 0.40 points to finish at 23.55.
Market breadth and activity
Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Athens Stock Exchange, with 63 stocks rising versus 53 falling. Fourteen issues ended unchanged. The narrow change in the headline index contrasted with the modestly positive breadth, indicating a distribution of gains and losses across market constituents.
Commodities and FX
In commodity markets, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.72% or 82.91 to $4,745.89 a troy ounce. Crude oil for June delivery rose 1.21% or 1.06 to $88.48 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract gained 0.95% or 0.91 to trade at $96.39 a barrel.
Foreign exchange moves were mixed. EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.18, while EUR/GBP remained unchanged 0.18% to 0.87. The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 98.07.
What this means
The main Athens benchmark registered a marginal decline at the session close, with sector losses offset in part by gains among select healthcare and industrial names. The divergent moves in commodities and FX underscored mixed risk sentiment across different asset classes on the day.
Data cited above reflect closing values and intraday moves reported at the Athens market close.