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Athens Stock Exchange: Fall of the General Index – Rise of European shares - Athens Times

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Athens Stock Exchange: Fall of the General Index – Rise of European shares

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Small reduction is recorded at the first Athens meeting today (2.4.2024) after Friday’s holidays (29.3.2024) and Monday (1.4.2024), due to the Easter of Catholics, in the middle of a mild upward movement of European markets. The General Index on the Greek Stock Exchange at 11:00, is formed at 1,421.10 units with a marginal drop of 0.09%. The value of transactions is EUR 5,85 million. The high capitalisation index is taking a marginal fall of 0.07%, while the mid-capitalization index is retreating to 1.16%. Of the shares in high capitalization, the largest increase is recorded by Sarantis (+3.58%), Terna Energy (+1.39%), ELPE (+ 0.79%) and PPC (+0.6%). On the contrary, the largest fall is recorded by the shares of PPA (-3.30%), Coca Cola HBC (-1.83%) and EYDAP (-1.68%). Upward moving 15 shares, 32 jumpers and 11 remain stable. The largest rise is recorded by the shares: Sarantis +3.58% and Nakas +2.86%, while the largest fall is recorded by shares: Trastor -5,79% and Wood Trade(k) -5,47%. On the foreign exchange market, the euro against the dollar falls to 0.09% and is set at $1.0738. The euro is at 162,8450 yen, 0.8552 with sterling and 0.9748 with the Swiss franc. The exchange rate of the dollar is increased to 0.05% over the yen and is formed to 151,7040 yen. The sterling against the dollar shows a marginal rise of 0.02% and is formed to $1.2555. With a rise in the second quarter, European stock exchanges began today, with the attention of investors turning to the announcement of a series of financial data. The pan-European STOXX index 600 rose 0.3% at 10:12 hour Greece, with investors returning to the markets after holidays for the Catholic Easter. Enhanced were technology markets, with BE Semiconductor Industries’ share taking a 4.6% jump after Barclays upgraded its recommendation to “overweight” by “equal weight”. The German DAX index was increased by 0.3%, ahead of the announcement of inflation figures, which will be released later in the day.