Tuesday, March 22, 2011

ASE opening: Small rise

Equity prices were rising at the opening of trade on Tuesday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 0.32 percent, standing at 1,619.26 points at 11:00 am, and turnover at 8.635 million euros.

    Individual sector indices were moving mostly upward, with the biggest gains in Travel & Recreation, up 1.32 percent; and Industrial Products, up 1.10 percent.

    The biggest losses were in Mass Media, down 1.32 percent; and Food & Beverage, down 0.33 percent.

    The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.25 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was up 0.63 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was up 0.22 percent.

    Of the stocks traded, 43 were up, 18 were down, and 13 were unchanged.



source: ANA-MPA