Tuesday, April 5, 2011

ASE opening: Rise

Equity prices were rising at the opening of trade on Tuesday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 0.56 percent, standing at 1,500.73 points at 12:00 noon, and turnover at 27.083 million euros.

    Individual sector indices were moving mostly upward, with the biggest gains in Insurance, up 3.39 percent; Public Utilities, up 2.00 percent; and Bankis, up 1.70 percent.

    The biggest losses were in Mass Media, down 5.45 percent; and Personal Products, down 0.98 percent.

    The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.64 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was up 0.42 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was up 0.33 percent.

    Of the stocks traded, 54 were up, 33 were down, and 24 were unchanged.



source: ANA-MPA