Greek stocks ended higher on Thursday helped by a wave of buying interest in the last couple of hours of trading in the Athens Stock Exchange, following a trend in other European markets.
The general index rose 0.88 percent to end at 2,177.14 points, with turnover a heavy 148.1 million euros.
All sector indices ended higher with the Base Metals, Holding and Food-Beverage sectors scoring the biggest percentage gains of the day (2.86 percent, 2.67 percent and 2.52 percent, respectively).
The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 0.80 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index jumped 1.11 percent higher and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index was 1.43 percent up.
Broadly, advancers led decilners by 255 to 57 with another 49 issues unchanged.
The general index rose 0.88 percent to end at 2,177.14 points, with turnover a heavy 148.1 million euros.
All sector indices ended higher with the Base Metals, Holding and Food-Beverage sectors scoring the biggest percentage gains of the day (2.86 percent, 2.67 percent and 2.52 percent, respectively).
The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 0.80 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index jumped 1.11 percent higher and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index was 1.43 percent up.
Broadly, advancers led decilners by 255 to 57 with another 49 issues unchanged.