Friday, January 7, 2011

Rise at ASE opening


  Equity prices were rising at the opening of trade on Friday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 1.09 percent, standing at 1,389.05 points at 11:15 am, and turnover at 18.666 million euros.

    Individual sector indices were moving mostly upward, with the biggest gains Insurance, up 3.12 percent, and Telecoms, up 1.54 percent.


    The biggest losses were in Oil & Gas, down 1.26 percent, and Health, down 0.72 percent.

    The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.99 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was up 0.49 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was up 0.41 percent.

    Of the stocks traded, 28 were up, 27 were down, and 19 were unchanged.





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