ASE opening: Rise

Equity prices were rising at the opening of trade on Friday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 0.79 percent, standing at 1,688.33 points at 11:30 am, and turnover at 31.682 million euros.

Individual sector indices were moving mostly upward, with the biggest gains in
Banks, up 1.39 percent; and Health, up 1.14 percent.

    The biggest losses were in Mass Media, down 0.70 ppercent; and Telecoms, down 0.30 percent.

    The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.86 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was up 1.27 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was up 1.38 percent.

    Of the stocks traded, 70 were up, 15 were down, and 16 were unchanged.



source: ana-mpa