Wednesday, February 9, 2011

ASE opening: Marginal decline

    Equity prices were declining at the opening of trade on Wednesday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index down 0.02 percent, standing at 1,669.53 points at 11:30 am, and turnover at 23.363 million euros.

    Individual sector indices were mixed, with the biggest gains in Mass Media, up 3.26 percent; and Health, up 1.25 percent.

    The biggest losses were in Food & Beverage, down 2.21 percent; and Telecoms, down 1.48 percent.

    The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.11 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was up 0.60 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was up 0.19 percent.

    Of the stocks traded, 48 were up, 35 were down, and 25 were unchanged.


SOURCE: ANA-MPA