Greek stocks resume advance on Wednesday
Greek stocks resume advance on Wednesday
27/8/2003 17:56
Greek stocks resumed their upward trend on Wednesday, after a two-day decline on profit taking, supported by a positive trend in other European markets in the Athens Stock Exchange.

The general index rose 0.20 percent to end at 2,256.09 points, with turnover a reduced 152.9 million euros.

The Telecommunications and Wholesale sectors scored the biggest percentage gains of the day (1.55 percent and 0.60 percent, respectively), while the Base Metals and Holding sectos suffered the heaviest percentage losses (1.44 percent and 0.75 percent, respectively).

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 0.34 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index eased 0.97 percent and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index fell 0.13 percent.

Broadly, decliners led advancers by 165 to 143 with another 56 issues unchanged.

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