Tuesday, March 1, 2011

ASE opening: Rise

 Equity prices were declining at the opening of trade on Tuesday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the
basic share price index up 0.77 percent, standing at 1,588.99 points at 11:30 am, and turnover at 19.865 million euros.

    Individual sector indices were moving mostly upward, with the biggest gains in Insurance, up 1.60 percent; Public Utilities, up 1.44 percent; and Public Utilities, up 1.34 percent.

    The biggest losses were in Mass Media, down 1.04 percent; and Travel & Recreation, down 0.85 percent.

    The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.94 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was up 0.34 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was up 0.34 percent.

    Of the stocks traded, 53 were up, 25 were down, and 14 were unchanged.



source: ANA-MPA