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Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-12-09
CONTENTS
[01] Stocks continue slide on Wed.
[01] Stocks continue slide on Wed.
Stocks continued their free fall at the Athens Stock Exchange on
Wednesday, with the composite index of the market losing 3.36 pct to
end at 2,105.48 points. Turnover was a heavy 487.6 million euros, of
which 14.3 million euros were block trades.
Most sectors moved downwards, with Banks (5.75 pct), Insurances (4.02
pct) and Commerce (3.21 pct) recording the biggest percentage losses of
the day.
The FTSE 20 index fell by 3.96 pct, the FTSE 40 index recorded losses
of 2.02 pct and the FTSE 80 index ended 1.30 pct lower. Broadly,
decliners led advancers by 172 to 44 with another 33 issues unchanged.
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