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Athens Stock Exchange opening: Rise

Athens Stock Exchange opening: Rise

Equity prices were rising on Monday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 0.52 percent standing at 631.59 points at 11.10 am and turnover at 1.78 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.31 percent and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index was up 0.75 percent.

On individual sector indices the biggest gains were in Health (+0.95 percent) and Oil (+0.87 percent). The heaviest losses were in Food (-0.50 percent) and Constructions (+0.40 percent).

Of the stocks traded, 30 were up, 14 were down and 5 were unchanged.

Source: amna-mpa