A wave of renewed profit taking late at the session reversed an early advance of prices and pushed Greek stocks lower for the third consecutive day this week in the Athens Stock Exchange on Wednesday. The general index ended 0.36 percent lower at 2,142.67 points, with turnover a moderate 185.2 million euros. The Telecommunications, Wholesale and Metal sectors scored the biggest percentage gains of the day (1.11 percent, 0.59 percent and 0.32 percent, respectively), while the IT Solutions, Publication and Insurance sectors suffered the heaviest percentage losses (2.12 percent, 2.05 percent and 1.94 percent). The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks fell 0.74 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index eased 0.51 percent and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index ended 0.52 percent down. The wider FTSE/ASE 140 index eased 0.68 percent. Broadly, decliners led advancers by 174 to 146 with another 45 issues unchanged.