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Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-02-17
CONTENTS
[01] ASE opening: Sharp decline
[01] ASE opening: Sharp decline
Equity prices were declining at the opening of trade on Tuesday on
the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), influenced by the international
money markets, with the basic share price index down 2.71 percent,
standing at 1,645.71 points at 10:45 a.m., and turnover at 12.2
million euros.
Individual sector indices were moving downward nearly across the
board, with the only gains in Mass Media, up 0.82 percent.
The biggest losses were in Food & Beverage, down 5.56 percent;
Insurance, down 3.34 percent; Telecoms, down 3.32 percent; Health,
down 3.15 percent; and Banks, down 3.09 percent.
The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was
down 2.49 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was down 2.13 percent,
and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was down 0.95 percent.
Of the stocks moved, 10 were up, 89 were down, and 18 were
unchanged.
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