Friday, December 31, 2010

Stocks lose 35.6% in 2011

    Stocks ended the last trading session of the year with moderate losses for a total loss of 35.62 pct in the year. The composite index of the market ended 0.70 pct down at 1,413.94 points, with turnover shrinking further to 37.337 million euros.

    MIG (4.48 pct), Jumbo (3.78 pct), Marfin Popular Bank (3.60 pct) and Titan (3.27 pct) were top gainers among blue chip stocks, while National Bank (2.58 pct), Alpha Bank (2.31 pct) and Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling (1.88 pct) were top losers.

    The Big Cap index fell 0.59 pct, the Mid Cap index ended 0.53 pct lower and the Small Cap index rose 0.15 pct. The Financial Services (1.90 pct) and Personal Products (1.78 pct) scored gains, while Media (2.83 pct) and Food (1.80 pct) suffered the heaviest percentage losses of the day.

    Broadly, advancers led decliners by 77 to 59 with another 52 issues unchanged. Ideal (18.52 pct), Koubas (16.67 pct) and Edrasi (14.29 pct) were top gainers, while Allatini Ceramics (15.87 pct), Akritas (9.26 pct) and Hellenic Sugar (8.22 pct) were top losers.



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