Stocks rebound on Thur.

Stocks rebounded at the Athens Stock Exchange on Thursday, with the composite index of the market up 1.24 pct to end at 1,542.41 points. Turnover was a moderate 91.31 million euros.

The Big Cap index gained 1.28 pct, the Mid Cap index was up 1.38 and the Small Cap index rose 0.43 pct.

Foodstuffs (2.97 pct) and Banks (2.46 pct) sectors scored the biggest percentage gains of the day, while Recreation (2.35 pct) and Utilities (2.02 pct) posted the biggest losses.

Broadly, advancers led decliners by 116 to 51 with another 57 issues unchanged.

 

Sector indices ended as follows:
Insurance:	+1.51%
Industrials:	+1.43%
Commercial:	+0.18%
Construction:	+0.96%
Media:	+0.43%
Oil & Gas:	+0.70%
Personal & Household:	+0.55%
Raw Materials:	-0.68%
Travel & Leisure:	-2.35%
Technology:	+0.24%
Telecoms:	+0.68%
Banks:	+2.46%
Food & Beverages:	+2.97%
Health:	+0.44%
Utilities:	-2.02%
Chemicals:	+2.00%
Financial Services:	+0.23%

 

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

 

Selected shares from the FTSE/ASE-20 index closed in euros as follows:
Alpha Bank:	4.80
ATEbank:	0.79
Public Power Corp (PPC):	11.35
HBC Coca Cola:	20.15
Hellenic Petroleum:	5.79
National Bank of Greece:	7.30
EFG Eurobank Ergasias:	4.60
OPAP:	13.55
OTE:	7.35
Bank of Piraeus:	3.40
Titan:	15.80