Monday, April 18, 2011

ASE opening: Decline

Equity prices were declining at the opening of trade on Monday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index down 0.74 percent, standing at 1,458.22 points at 11:00 am, and turnover at 11.655 million euros.

    Individual sector indices were moving mostly downward, with the biggest gains in Health, up 1.27 percent; Technology, up 0.79 percent; and Travel & Recreation, up 0.59 percent.

    The biggest losses were in Raw Materials, down 1.65 percent; and Banks, down 1.56 percent.

    The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was down 1.11 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was down 0.90 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was down 0.66 percent.

    Of the stocks traded, 12 were up, 44 were down, and 15 were unchanged.



source: ANA-MPA