Stocks rise again, top 880 points
Greek stocks continued rising Thursday, easily vaulting over 880 points.
The ATHEX general index ended up 0.83%, at 882.77 points, after rising as high as 885.01 (+1.09%) during the session.
Turnover was €41.70 million on 16,929,953 shares traded. Betting company OPAP had the heaviest turnover (€4.72 million).
Of the 137 stocks traded, 62 ended with gains, 47 with losses and 28 were unchanged.
Blue chips gained 0.96%, while mid-caps barely budged, ending 0.01% higher.
The best-performing blue chips were Piraeus Bank (3.76%), industrial conglomerate Mytilineos (2.92%), bottler Coca-Cola HBC (2.41%) and refiner Motor Oil (2.22%).
The top losers were metals group Elvalhalcor (-1.21%), Aegean Airlines (-1.12%) and construction group Ellaktor (-0.85%).
