Foreign investors were net sellers in the Athens Stock Exchange last year, with capital outflows totaling 1.09 billion euros in the period from January 1 to December 31, 2010, while Greek investors were net buyers with capital inflows totaling 1.01 billion euros.
Foreign investors participation in the Greek market’s capitalization was unchanged at 50.4% in December 2010, compared with the previous month, with Greek investors holding 48.2% of the market’s capitalization. Foreign investors accounted for 46.5% of total transactions in December, down from 50.2% in November, with Greek investors accounting for 29.1% of transactions, up from 27.7% in November.
Turnover totaled 1.659 billion euros in December, down 24% from November, while the number of active investor codes fell to 34,994 from 45,638 over the same period.
The market’s capitalization totaled 54,3 billion euros at the end of 2010, down 0.7% from a month earlier.
ANA
