Athens Stock Exchange: Greek stocks recovered but turnover remained low

Greek stocks ended higher on the Athens Stock Exchange pushing the general index of the market above the 1,050 points, but turnover remained low for the second day in a row.

The general index rose 0.71% to close at 1,052.43 points, with the Large Cap index rising 0.75% and the Mid Cap index ending 1.03% higher. Turnover was 67.84 million euros in volume of 21,851,517 shares.

Ellaktor (5.96%), OPAP (3.06%) and Titan (2.24%) scored big gains among blue chip stocks, while Helleniq Energy (-2.09%), Lamda Development (-0.95%) and Eurobank (-0.63%) suffered losses. Among market sectors, Travel (2.93%) and Constructions (1.90%) moved up, while Real Estate (-0.68%) and Insurance (-0.55%) moved down. Alpha Bank and Eurobank were the most heavily traded securities of the day. Broadly, advancers led decliners by 64 to 27 with another 28 issues unchanged.

Bitros (9.43%) and SIDMA (9.17%) were top gainers, while Spyrou Farms (-13.64%) and Evrofarma (-3.68%) were top losers.