Greek stocks end with gains amid hopes for a deal

Gazzetta team 10 Αυγούστου 2015 - 22:03

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Greek stocks closed higher in the Athens Stock Exchange in the first session of the week, as the market focused on signs that an agreement between Greece and its lenders is edging closer. The general index of the market jumped 2.06 pct to end at 690.24 points, with trading activity however remaining low.

The total turnover fell to 45.35 million euros. In the last three sessions, the index has risen 7.31 pct and the bank index regained 25.45 pct, while it recorded an intraday high at 691.96 points.

The Large Cap index rose 1.66 pct and the Mid Cap index ended 3.15 pct higher.

Piraeus Bank (13.89 pct), Eurobank (12.50 pct), Alpha Bank (10.66 pct), OPAP (7.67 pct), Hellenic Exchanges (6.22 pct), PPC (5.68 pct), Jumbo (4.96 pct), Athens Water (4.83 pct), Viohalco (4.29 pct) and National Bank (3.07 pct) were top gainers among blue chip stocks, while Coca Cola HBC (-4.70 pct), Grivalia Properties (-1.44 pct), Folli Follie (-0.99 pct), Aegean Airlines (-0.43 pct) and METKA (-0.39 pct) suffered the heaviest percentage losses of the day.

The Food (-4.69 pct) sector suffered heavy losses while Banks (8.33 pct) Travel & Leisure (6.52 pct) and Health (5.56 pct) scored big gains.

Broadly, advancers led decliners by 62 to 32, with another 10 issues unchanged. Attica Bank (20.00 pct), Sato (19.79 pct), Kekrops (18.83 pct), Piraeus and Eurobank were top gainers, while Akritas (-19.35 pct), Unibios (-13.60 pct) and Centric Holdings (-12.50 pct) were top losers.