Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-01-11

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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[01] AS� opening: Big rise

[01] AS� opening: Big rise

Equity prices were rising at the opening of trade on Monday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 1.45 percent, standing at 2,361.54 points at 11:00 a.m., and turnover at 32.02 million euros.

Individual sector indices were moving upward nearly across the board, with the only losses in Mass Media, down 0.86 percent.

The biggest gains were in Banks, up 2.83 percent; and Raw Materials, up 2.52 percent.

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 1.79 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was up 1.16 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was up 1.46 percent.

Of the stocks moved, 77 were up, 13 were down, and 15 were unchanged.

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