Greek stocks ended higher the last trading session of the week in the Athens Stock Exchange, reflecting a positive climate in other European bourses and improved sentiment after the announcement of better nine-month results by Alpha Bank and Eurobank.
The general index rose 0.82 percent to end at 2,194.99 points, with turnover a heavy 135.8 million euros. The index ended the week with a net gain of 3.49 percent.
The Food-Beverage, Publication, Wholesale and Construction sectors suffered the heaviest percentage losses of the day (0.94 percent, 0.40 percent, 0.20 percent and 0.16 percent), while the Base Metals, Retail and Telecommunications sectors scored the biggest percentage gains (2.30 percent, 1.15 percent and 0.87 percent, respectively).
The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 0.85 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index ended 0.49 percent higher and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index was 0.29 percent up.
Broadly, advancers led decliners by 175 to 118 with another 69 issues unchanged.
The general index rose 0.82 percent to end at 2,194.99 points, with turnover a heavy 135.8 million euros. The index ended the week with a net gain of 3.49 percent.
The Food-Beverage, Publication, Wholesale and Construction sectors suffered the heaviest percentage losses of the day (0.94 percent, 0.40 percent, 0.20 percent and 0.16 percent), while the Base Metals, Retail and Telecommunications sectors scored the biggest percentage gains (2.30 percent, 1.15 percent and 0.87 percent, respectively).
The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 0.85 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index ended 0.49 percent higher and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index was 0.29 percent up.
Broadly, advancers led decliners by 175 to 118 with another 69 issues unchanged.