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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-08-05
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[01] Stocks end 1.81 pct down
[01] Stocks end 1.81 pct down
Greek stocks ended significantly lower in the Athens Stock Exchange on
Thursday, as investors took profits after the government announced a
new state guarantee program, worth 25 billion euros, for Greek banks.
The composite index of the market fell 1.81 pct to end at 1,745.30
points, with turnover at 107.588 million euros. The Big Cap index
dropped 2.22 pct, the Mid Cap index eased 0.45 pct and the Small Cap
index ended 0.06 pct down. Utilities (5.18 pct) and Raw Materials (4.13
pct) suffered the heaviest percentage losses of the day, while Health
(3.03 pct) and Insurance (2.37 pct) scored gains. Broadly, decliners
led advancers by 99 to 85 with another 41 issues unchanged.
Ilyda (14.58 pct), Proton (10 pct), ANEK (10 pct) were top gainers,
while Vell Group (19.51 pct), Edrasi (14.29 pct) and NEL (12.50 pct)
were top losers.
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