Friday, May 27, 2011

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 0.66 percent, standing at 1,295.08 points at 11:15 am, and turnover at 23.432 million euros.




Individual sector indices were moving upward, with the biggest gains in Commerce, up 2.15 percent; Telecoms, up 1.43 percent and Oil and Gas, up 1.33 percent.

The biggest losses were in Health, down 1.10 percent and Chemicals, down 0.79 percent.

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.63 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was up 0.66 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was up 0.34 percent.

Of the stocks traded, 29 were up, 27 were down, and 15 were unchanged.






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