ASE opening: Big decline

  Equity prices were declining at the opening of trade on Tuesday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index down 1.51 percent, standing at 1,398.23 points at 11:15 am, and turnover at 12.218 million euros.

    Individual sector indices were moving downward nearly across the board, with the only gains Chemicals, up 0.84 percent.

    The biggest losses were in Banks, down 3.04 percent.

    The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was down 1.96 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was down 0.60 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was down 0.56 percent.

    Of the stocks traded, 19 were up, 52 were down, and 11 were unchanged.

   

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