Athens Stock Exchange opening: Rise

Gazzetta team
Athens Stock Exchange opening: Rise
Equity prices were rising on Thursday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 1.12 percent, standing at 566.57 points at 11.00 am and turnover at 16.85 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 1.32 percent and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index was down 0.98 percent.

Individual sector indices were moving upwards with the biggest gains in Oil (+3.08 percent), Food and Beverages (+2.69 percent) and Industrial Products (+2.28 percent).

The biggest losses were in Chemicals (-3.55 percent) and in Health (-0.90 percent).

Of the stocks traded, 32 were up, 19 were down and 5 were unchanged.