Greek stocks ended Friday's session lower in the Athens Stock Exchange as profit taking halted a five-day rally in the market. Traders, however, said that buying activity was maintained easily absorbing the biggest part of stock offers.
The general index eased 0.60 percent to end at 2,170.05 points, with turnover a huge 473.1 million euros, of which 316.7 million euros reflected the transfer of Panafon's shares to Vodafone. The index ended the week with a net gain of 2.49 percent.
The Insurance and Textile sectors suffered the heaviest percentage losses of the day (1.81 percent and 1.60 percent, respectively), while the IT and Retail sectors scored the biggest percentage gains (0.45 percent and 0.41 percent, respectively).
The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks fell 0.67 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index eased 0.04 percent and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index ended 0.71 percent lower.
Broadly, decliners led advancers by 197 to 104 with another 56 issues unchanged.
The general index eased 0.60 percent to end at 2,170.05 points, with turnover a huge 473.1 million euros, of which 316.7 million euros reflected the transfer of Panafon's shares to Vodafone. The index ended the week with a net gain of 2.49 percent.
The Insurance and Textile sectors suffered the heaviest percentage losses of the day (1.81 percent and 1.60 percent, respectively), while the IT and Retail sectors scored the biggest percentage gains (0.45 percent and 0.41 percent, respectively).
The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks fell 0.67 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index eased 0.04 percent and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index ended 0.71 percent lower.
Broadly, decliners led advancers by 197 to 104 with another 56 issues unchanged.