Greek stocks ended Thursday session slightly higher as a wave of buying interest in the last half hour of trading reversed a prevailing downward trend in the Athens Stock Exchange.
The general index rose 0.38 percent to end at 2,115.86 points after falling to 2,102 points early in the session, with turnover a huge 541.2 million euros, of which 450 million euros accounted for the transfer of block shares in the framework of Public Power Corporation's latest flotation.
All sector indices ended higher with the Publication, Retail and Insurance sectors scoring the biggest percentage gains of the day (1.29 percent, 1.26 percent and 1.02 percent, respectively).
The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 0.33 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index ended 0.51 percent higher and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index rose 0.41 percent.
Broadly, advancers led decliners by 146 to 124 with another 86 issues unchanged.
The general index rose 0.38 percent to end at 2,115.86 points after falling to 2,102 points early in the session, with turnover a huge 541.2 million euros, of which 450 million euros accounted for the transfer of block shares in the framework of Public Power Corporation's latest flotation.
All sector indices ended higher with the Publication, Retail and Insurance sectors scoring the biggest percentage gains of the day (1.29 percent, 1.26 percent and 1.02 percent, respectively).
The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 0.33 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index ended 0.51 percent higher and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index rose 0.41 percent.
Broadly, advancers led decliners by 146 to 124 with another 86 issues unchanged.
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