Greek stocks were unable to follow a rise in other European markets on Wednesday as investors preferred to take early profits by the end of the session leaving share prices with minor changes in the Athens Stock Exchange.
The general index, rose 0.18 percent to end at 2,118.46 points, after rising to 2,131 points early in the session. Turnover was a moderate 119.2 million euros.
The Wholesale and Holding sectors scored the biggest percentage gains of the day (1.64 percent and 1.55 percent, respectively), while the Cement and IT Solution sectors suffered the heaviest percentage losses (1.38 percent and 1.22 percent).
The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 0.17 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index ended 0.55 percent higher and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index ended 0.57 percent up.
Broadly, advancers led decliners by 163 to 114 with another 76 issues unchanged.