Athens Stock Exchange opening: Recovery

Equity prices were recovering on Tuesday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 2.07 percent, standing at 554.36 points at 11.00 am and turnover at 6.85 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 2.46 percent and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index up 0.30 percent.
All individual sector indices were moving upwards, with the biggest gains in Banks (+3.67 percent), in Financials (+2.62 percent) and in Telecoms (+2.34 percent).

Of the stocks traded, 41 were up, 8 were down and 7 were unchanged.