Greek stocks rise for second consecutive session
Greek stocks rise for second consecutive session
24/9/2003 17:01
Greek stocks continued moving higher for the second consecutive session on Wednesday in the Athens Stock Exchange after the market successfully defended its support test at the 2,000-point level in the previous two sessions.

The general index rose 0.94 percent to end at 2,045.55 points, with turnover a moderate 110.9 million euros.

All sector indices ended higher, with the Construction (2.98 percent), Holding (2.01 percent) and Insurance (1.96 percent) scoring the biggest percentage gains of the day.

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 0.78 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index jumped 1.18 percent and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index ended 1.0 percent higher.

Broadly, advancers led decliners by 229 to 77 with another 53 issues unchanged.

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