ASE opening: Big rise

Equity prices were rising at the opening of trade on Monday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 3.24 percent, standing at 1,632.13 points at 11:15 am, and turnover at 52.39 million euros.

    Individual sector indices were moving upward across the board, with the biggest gains in Banks, up 6.38 percent; Financial Services, up 5.93 percent; and Public Utilities, up 4.06 percent.

    The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 4.42 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was up 1.91 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was up 3.42 percent.

    Of the stocks traded, 84 were up, 11 were down, and 4 were unchanged.

source: ANA-MPA