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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite declined 0.81%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT: EURBr ), which rose 2.03% or 0.04 points to trade at 2.01 at the close. Meanwhile, Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Company SA (AT: ELIr ) added 1.99% or 0.04 points to end at 2.05 and Athens Water (AT: EYDr ) was up 1.40% or 0.08 points to 5.78 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Viohalco SA (AT: VIOH ), which fell 4.14% or 0.22 points to trade at 5.10 at the close. Fourlis Hld (AT: FRLr ) declined 3.76% or 0.14 points to end at 3.58 and Intralot (AT: INLr ) was down 3.04% or 0.03 points to 0.89.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 91 to 31 and 14 ended unchanged.

Shares in Viohalco SA (AT: VIOH ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.14% or 0.22 to 5.10. Shares in Intralot (AT: INLr ) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.04% or 0.03 to 0.89.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.71% or 43.85 to $2,613.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.84% or 1.90 to hit $68.82 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.77% or 1.97 to trade at $73.01 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.28% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.29% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 106.43.