Stocks end higher

Greek stocks ended mildly higher in the Athens Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with the composite index rising 0.49 pct to end at 1,411.09 points. Turnover was a disappointing 49.623 million euros. The Big Cap index rose 0.70 pct, the Mid Cap index ended 0.08 pct higher and the Small Cap index ended 1.68 pct up. OPAP (2.88 pct), Viohalco (2.56 pct) and National Bank (1.99 pct) were to gainers among blue chip stocks, while Titan (1.02 pct) and OTE (0.96 pct) were top losers.

The Travel (2.80 pct) and Media (2.57 pct) sectors scored the biggest percentage gains of the day, while Telecoms (0.96 pct) and Personal Products (0.65 pct) suffered losses.

Broadly, advancers led decliners by 83 to 59 with another 69 issues unchanged. Altec (16.67 pct), Newsphone (14.71 pct) and Spider (14.29 pct) were top gainers, while PC Systems (13.33 pct), Naftemporiki (11.63 pct) and Unibios (11.11 pct) were top losers.

 

Sector indices ended as follows:
Insurance:	Unchanged
Industrials:	+0.48%
Commercial:	+1.66%
Construction:	-0.27%
Media:	+2.57%
Oil & Gas:	+0.70%
Personal & Household:	-0.65%
Raw Materials:	+0.25%
Travel & Leisure:	+2.80%
Technology:	+1.44%
Telecoms:	-0.96%
Banks:	+1.01%
Food & Beverages:	-0.62%
Health:	+1.95%
Utilities:	-0.52%
Chemicals:	+0.14%
Financial Services:	+0.71%

 

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

 

Selected shares from the FTSE/ASE-20 index closed in euros as follows:
Alpha Bank:	3.90
ATEbank:	0.69
Public Power Corp (PPC):	10.97
HBC Coca Cola:	19.00
Hellenic Petroleum:	5.74
National Bank of Greece:	6.16
EFG Eurobank Ergasias:	3.78
OPAP:	12.86
OTE:	6.21
Bank of Piraeus:	3.66
Titan:	15.60