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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 0.80%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Company SA (AT: ELIr ), which rose 3.96% or 0.08 points to trade at 2.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Domiki Kritis SA (AT: DKRr ) added 3.76% or 0.11 points to end at 2.90 and J. & P. Avax (AT: AVAr ) was up 2.65% or 0.04 points to 1.55 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Jumbo SA (AT: BABr ), which fell 2.83% or 0.74 points to trade at 25.38 at the close. Iktinos Hellas (AT: IKTr ) declined 2.46% or 0.01 points to end at 0.34 and Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics SA (AT: OPAr ) was down 2.41% or 0.38 points to 15.40.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 80 to 38 and 20 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.60% or 15.91 to $2,654.09 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.63% or 1.86 to hit $68.85 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.91% or 1.41 to trade at $72.50 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.30% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 106.62.