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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 12-05-17
CONTENTS
[01] Stocks remain under heavy pressure
[01] Stocks remain under heavy pressure
AMNA / Stocks remained under heavy pressure for the fifth consecutive
session at the Athens Stock Exchange on Thursday with market sentiment
undermined by political uncertainty in the country. The composite index
of the market fell 3.41 pct to end at 536.49 points, for a net loss
of 16.29 pct in the last five sessions. Turnover remained a low 47.705
million euros.
The Big Cap index dropped 3.79 pct, the Mid Cap index ended 3.20 pct
lower and the Small Cap index fell 2.88 pct. The Commerce sector was
the only one to end higher, while Telecoms (8.07 pct), Travel (7.11 pct)
and Raw Materials (5.67 pct) suffered the heaviest percentage losses of
the day. Folli Follie (1.91 pct) and Eurobank (0.43 pct) were the only
blue chip stocks to end higher, while OTE (8.07 pct), OPAP (7.37 pct)
and Viohalco (7.04 pct) were top losers.
Broadly, decliners led advancers by 90 to 25 with another 14 issues
unchanged. Mihaniki (20 pct), Spider (17.28 pct) and Lambrakis Press
(13.79 pct) were top gainers, while Audiovisual (20 pct), Eurobrokers
(20 pct) and Tria Alpha (19.5 pct) were top losers.
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