Positive economic news from both sides of the Atlantic created a rally of prices in international markets and pushed Greek stocks higher in the Athens Stock Exchange on Friday.
The general index ended 1.80 percent higher at 2,089.90 points, after briefly surpassed the 2,100 level in intra-day transactions. The index ended the week with a net gain of 4.41 percent.
Turnover was a moderate 119.2 million euros. All insurance sectors scored gains with the Insurance (9.32 percent), Publication (8.22 percent) and Textile (3.59 percent) sectors recording the biggest percentage gains of the day.
The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 1.69 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index jumped 2.99 percent and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index soared 3.67 percent.
Broadly, advancers led decliners by 318 to 21 with another 19 issues unchanged.
The general index ended 1.80 percent higher at 2,089.90 points, after briefly surpassed the 2,100 level in intra-day transactions. The index ended the week with a net gain of 4.41 percent.
Turnover was a moderate 119.2 million euros. All insurance sectors scored gains with the Insurance (9.32 percent), Publication (8.22 percent) and Textile (3.59 percent) sectors recording the biggest percentage gains of the day.
The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 1.69 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index jumped 2.99 percent and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index soared 3.67 percent.
Broadly, advancers led decliners by 318 to 21 with another 19 issues unchanged.
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