ASE 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 0.99 percent, standing at 1,522.30 points at 11:30 am, and turnover at 25.780 million euros.

    Individual sector indices were moving mostly upward, with the biggest gains in Commerce, up 2.01 percent; and Telecoms, up 1.67 percent.

    The biggest losses were in Mass
Media, down 2.78 percent; and Oil & Gas, down 0.59 percent.

    The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.87 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was up 1.38 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was up 0.65 percent.

    Of the stocks traded, 44 were up, 26 were down, and 30 were unchanged.


source: ana-mpa