A bout of buying orders in the last five minutes of trading pushed share prices to positive territory and the general index above the 2,000-point support level in the Athens Stock Exchange on Tuesday.
The general index ended 0.86 percent higher at 2,019.76 points, off the day's lows of 1,992.80 points.
Turnover was an improved 111.3 million euros.
The Retail, Publication and Textile sectors scored the biggest percentage gains of the day (3.90 percent, 2.70 percent and 2.51 percent, respectively), while the IT Solution, Bank and Base Metal sectors suffered the heaviest percentage losses (0.66 percent, 0.20 percent and 0.12 percent).
The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 0.42 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index ended 1.47 percent higher and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index rose 1.31 percent.
Broadly, advancers led decliners by 208 to 90 with another 62 issues unchanged.
The general index ended 0.86 percent higher at 2,019.76 points, off the day's lows of 1,992.80 points.
Turnover was an improved 111.3 million euros.
The Retail, Publication and Textile sectors scored the biggest percentage gains of the day (3.90 percent, 2.70 percent and 2.51 percent, respectively), while the IT Solution, Bank and Base Metal sectors suffered the heaviest percentage losses (0.66 percent, 0.20 percent and 0.12 percent).
The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 0.42 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index ended 1.47 percent higher and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index rose 1.31 percent.
Broadly, advancers led decliners by 208 to 90 with another 62 issues unchanged.
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