Greek stocks end slightly lower‏

Gazzetta team 8 Οκτωβρίου 2015 - 21:26

Greek stocks ended slightly lower in the Athens Stock Exchange on Thursday as investors took profits after a three-day rally in the market which pushed the composite index 6.10 pct higher.

The index ended 0.30 pct down at 678.05 points, off the day’s lows of 671.14 points. The Large Cap index ended 0.40 pct lower and the Mid Cap index ended 1.81 pct higher.

Turnover was a low 37.380 million euros in volume of 144,950,252. National Bank (8.30 pct), Ellaktor (4.82 pct) and Piraeus Port (2.29 pct) scored the biggest percentage gains of the day among blue chip stocks, while Piraeus Bank (9.88 pct), Alpha Bank (6.96 pct) and Eurobank (4.17 pct) suffered heavy losses.

Among market sectors, Financial Services (2.85 pct), Chemicals (1.49 pct) and Utilities (1.27 pct) suffered losses, while Health (4.06 pct), Technology (2.42 pct) and Industrial Products (1.32 pct) scored big gains.

Broadly, advancers led decliners by 48 to 43 with another 14 issues unchanged. Dromeas (29.17 pct), Autohellas (15.38 pct), G.E.Demetriou (12.50 pct) were top gainers, while Kathimerini (19.92 pct), Hellenic Sugar (19.76 pct), Piraeus Bank (9.88 pct).