ASE opening: Rise
Athens Stock Exchange opening: Rise
Equity prices were rising at the opening of trade on Friday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 0.65 percent, standing at 2,756.51 points at 10:55 a.m., and turnover at 27.6 million euros.
Individual sector indices were moving upward nearly across the board, with the only losses in Industrial Products, down 0.13 percent.
The biggest gains were in Insurance, up 2.98 percent; Telecoms, up 2.84 percent; Commerce, up 1.49 percent; Oil & Gas, up 1.28 percent; and Construction, up 0.98 percent.
The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.77 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was up 0.30 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was up 0.82 percent.
Of the stocks moved, 74 were up, 35 were down, and 25 were unchanged.