Thursday, May 5, 2011

Athens Stock Exchange opening: Small rise

Equity prices were rising at the opening of trade on Thursday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE),
with the basic share price index up 0.16 percent, standing at 1,389.86 points at 11:30 am, and turnover at 13.457 million euros.

    Individual sector indices were moving upward nearly across the board, with the biggest gains in Travel & Recreation, up 1.47 percent; Industrial Products, up 1.17 percent; and Commerce, up 1.15 percent.

    The only losses were in Chemicals, down 0.13 percent.

    The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.08 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was up 0.41 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was up 1.05 percent.

    Of the stocks traded, 38 were up, 28 were down, and 17 were unchanged.







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