Sharp rise pushes Athens exchange to highest point since Dec. 2014
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
Greek stocks ended significantly higher in the Athens Stock Exchange on Thursday pushing the general index of the market above the 850-point level for the first time since December 2014.
The index rose 1.22 pct to end at 853.54 points. The Large Cap index ended 1.45 pct higher and the Mid Cap index rose 0.81 pct. Turnover was a heavy 114.5 million euros in volume of 156.9 million shares.
Eurobank (4.04 pct), Piraeus Bank (3.23 pct) and Mytilineos (2.43 pct) scored the biggest percentage gains among blue chip stocks, while Motor Oil (1.92 pct), Jumbo (1.38 pct) and ADMIE (0.45 pct) suffered heavy losses. Among market sectors, Health (4.30 pct) and Technology (3.23 pct) scored big gains, while Oil/Gas (1.29 pct) and Utilities (0.42 pct) suffered losses.
Piraeus Bank and National Bank were the most heavily traded securities of the day. Broadly, advancers led decliners by 67 to 46 with another 128 issues unchanged. Mouzakis (20.92 pct), Naftemporiki (19.35 pct) and Leventeris were top gainers, while Spyrou (9.82 pct), CPI (6.51 pct) and FG Europe (5.48 pct) were top losers.
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