Greek stocks end moderately higher‏

Gazzetta team 12 Οκτωβρίου 2015 - 19:15

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Greek stocks ended moderately higher in the Athens Stock Exchange on Monday in thin trading conditions.

Bank shares came under renewed pressure after rebounding spectacularly last week (the bank index jumped around 31 pct), while the market found support in selective buying.

The composite index of the market rose 0.56 pct to end at 680.75 points, after falling by 0.88 pct early in the session. The Large Cap index rose 0.85 pct and the Mid Cap index eased 0.22 pct. Turnover was low 25.455 million euros.

Grivalia Properties (3.26 pct), PPC (2.82 pct) and Folli Follie (2.07 pct) scored big gains among blue chip stocks, while Piraeus Bank (4.0 pct), Ellaktor (3.91 pct) and National Bank (3.33 pct) suffered the heaviest percentage losses of the day.

Among market sectors, Health (3.17 pct), Real Estate (2.40 pct) and Commerce (2.04 pct) scored big gains, while Banks (2.71 pct), Oil (2.11 pct) and Chemicals (0.75 pct) suffered heavy losses.

Broadly, advancers led decliners by 45 to 38 with another 16 issues unchanged. Nereus (11.11 pct), Newsphone Hellas (8.02 pct) and Euroconsultants (6.67 pct) were top gainers, while Attica Bank (14.29 pct), Sidma (13.78 pct) and G.E. Demetriou (12.5 pct) were top losers.