Equity prices plunged at the opening of trade on Wednesday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index down 3.94 percent, standing at 1,216.95 points at 12:15 pm .
Individual sector indices were moving downward across the board, with the heaviest losses in Raw Materials, down 5.58 percent; Banks, down 5.13 percent; and Financial Services, down 5.49 percent. The only gains were in Technology, up 0.91 percent.
The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was down 4.32 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was down 3.71 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was down 2.12 percent.
Of the stocks traded, 12 were up, 80 were down, and 10 were unchanged.
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