Greek stocks ended sharply higher on Monday pushing the general index above the 2,100-point resistance level in the first trading session of a new week in the Athens Stock Exchange.
Buying interest focused in blue chip stocks like Alpha Bank, National Bank and Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation.
The general index ended 1.94 percent higher at 2,130.54 points with turnover an improved 157.5 million euros.
All sector indices ended with gains of more than 1.0 percent. The Textile (8.26 percent), IT Solutions (6.47 percent) and Insurance (3.89 percent) sectors scored the biggest percentage gains of the day.
The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 2.35 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index jumped 2.51 percent and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index soared 4.02 percent.
Broadly, advancers led decliners by 307 to 34 with another 20 issues unchanged.