Friday, March 18, 2011

ASE opening: Small decline

Equity prices were declining at the opening of trade on Friday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index down 0.03 percent, standing at 1,620.03 points at 11:30 am, and turnover at 19.312 million euros.

    Individual sector indices were mixed, with the biggest gains in Commerce, up 1.11 percent; and Raw Materials, up 1.08 percent.

    The biggest losses were in Mass Media, down 1.37 percent; and Construction, down 1.20 percent.

    The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was down 0.27 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was up 0.63 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was down 0.47 percent.

    Of the stocks traded, 36 were up, 32 were down, and 24 were unchanged.





source: ANA-MPA