Greek stocks ended higher the last trading session of the week in the Athens Stock Exchange supported by a wave of buying activity in blue chip stocks during the last five minutes of trading.
The general index ended 0.64 percent higher at 2,124.70 points, near the day's highs, sharply off the day's lows of 2,101.78 points. The index ended the week with a net gain of 0.76 percent. Turnover was moderate 111.1 million euros.
Traders attributed the last-minute reversal of the market to the closing of positions in the market due to the expiring of October contracts in the Athens Derivatives Exchange.
The Retail and Investment sectors suffered losses (0.53 percent and 0.10 percent, respectively), while the IT, Holding and Construction sectors scored the biggest percentage gains of the day (1.48 percent, 1.48 percent and 1.07 percent, respectively).
The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 0.60 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index ended 0.90 percent higher and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index ended 0.48 percent up.
Broadly, advancers led decliners by 190 to 104 with another 62 issues unchanged.