ASE ends October 5.02 pct higher
ASE ends October 5.02 pct higher
31/10/2003 17:13
Greek stocks ended the last trading session of the week slightly higher reflecting renewed buying activity for blue chip stocks, particularly banks.

The general index rose 0.25 percent to end at 2,121.06 points for a net gain of 0.90 percent in the week and a rise of 5.02 percent in October. Turnover was a heavy 229.4 million euros, of which 126.1 million represented trading in Public Power Corporation's shares after a successful third flotation by the company.

The Telecommunications and IT sectors suffered the heaviest percentage losses (0.61 percent and 0.02 percent, respectively) with the first sector suffering from a drop in Hellenic Telecoms' share price.

On the other hand, the Insurance, IT Solution and Base Metal sectors scored the biggest percentage gains of the day (2.70 percent, 2.12 percent and 1.43 percent, respectively).

The FTSE/ASE 20 index rose 0.06 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index rose 1.01 percent and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index ended 1.20 percent higher.

Broadly, advancers led decliners by 227 to 73 with another 56 issues unchanged.

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