ECONOMY

Local stocks end up with slight losses

Local stocks end up with slight losses

With the exception of some early heavy trading in Public Power Corporation shares, which accounted for a large chunk of total turnover, it was a quiet day yesterday on the Athens Stock Exchange, which mirrored the slight decline on other European markets.

The general index closed 0.43% down, at 633.09 points. Turnover was €31.023 million on volume of 11,072,109 shares.

Of the 105 traded shares, 32 ended with gains, 54 with losses and 19 with no change.

Blue chips lost 0.61% and mid-caps 0.51%.

The biggest climbers among the blue chips were Piraeus Bank (1.49%), Terna Energy (1.19%), Aegean Airlines (0.85%), bottler Coca-Cola HBC (0.81%) and cement maker Titan (0.72%).

The biggest losses were sustained by Eurobank (3.11%), industrial holdings group Mytilineos (2.14%), betting firm OPAP (2.13%) and Hellenic Petroleum (1.90%).

Among sectoral indices, Health was up a whopping 6.07% and Foods & Beverages a modest 0.77%. The biggest losses were recorded by Travel & Leisure (1.95%) and Industrial Products (1.68%).

The heaviest trading was in Eurobank shares (2,128,057), followed by Alpha Bank (2,095,087).

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