Profit-taking drops bourse

Profit-taking caused stocks to post significant losses on Friday at the Athens Stock Exchange, with the composite index of the market down 2.34 pct to end at 1,506.32 points. Turnover was a low 81.23 million euros.

The Big Cap index dropped 2.56 pct, the Mid Cap index was up 1.21 pct and the Small Cap index rose 1.79 pct.

Only chemicals (2.09 pct) posted gains during the session, while Mass Media (4.23 pct) and Foodstuffs (3.16 pct) posting the biggest losses.

Broadly, advancers trailed decliners by 56 to 112 with another 49 issues unchanged.

Sector indices ended as follows:
Insurance:	Unchanged
Industrials:	-1.17%
Commercial:	-0.92%
Construction:	-1.25%
Media:	-4.23%
Oil & Gas:	-0.33%
Personal & Household:	-1.74%
Raw Materials:	-0.90%
Travel & Leisure:	-2.08%
Technology:	-2.75%
Telecoms:	-2.59%
Banks:	-3.03%
Food & Beverages:	-3.16%
Health:	-3.06%
Utilities:	-0.18%
Chemicals:	+2.09%
Financial Services:	-2.15%

The stocks with the highest turnover were National Bank, OPAP, OTE and Piraeus Bank.

Selected shares from the FTSE/ASE-20 index closed in euros as follows:
Alpha Bank:	4.52
ATEbank:	0.83
Public Power Corp (PPC):	11.27
HBC Coca Cola:	19.50
Hellenic Petroleum:	5.80
National Bank of Greece:	7.04
EFG Eurobank Ergasias:	4.43
OPAP:	13.25
OTE:	7.16
Bank of Piraeus:	3.39
Titan:	15.61