Thursday, June 2, 2011

Athens Stock Exchange opening: Rise


  Equity prices were rising at the opening of trade on Thursday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 0.18 percent, standing at 1,292.26 points at 11:15 am, and turnover at 23.466 million euros.


   Individual sector indices were moving upward, with the biggest gains in Oil and Gas, up 0.98 percent; and Industrial Products, up 0.91 percent.

   The biggest losses were in Health, down 2.28 percent and Commerce, down 2.00 percent.

   The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.10 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was down 0.80 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was down 0.85 percent.

   Of the stocks traded, 27 were up, 33 were down, and 12 were unchanged.





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