Athens Stock Exchange: Rise 0.53% for the General Index – Hypotonic climate in Europe

At the opening of today’s meeting (27.3.2024) stock prices recorded upward trends, while the General at 11:00, it is formed at 1,430.07 units with a rise of 0.53%. At the same time, the value of transactions is EUR 5.19 million. The stock exchange’s high capitalisation index is rising to 0.57%, while the mid-capitalization index is reinforced to 0.19%. At the same time, from the shares of high capitalization the largest rise is recorded by the shares of Greece (-2,16%), Coca Cola HBC (+1,79%), Quest Shareholders (+1.72%), OPAP (+1.11%) and Saranti (+1.05%). On the contrary, the largest fall is recorded by the shares of EYDAP (-1.50%), Autohellas (-0.73%) and Elvalhalcor (-0.51%). Upward moves 32 shares, 13 drops and 11 remain stable. The largest rise is recorded by the shares: Q&R +7,14% and Kyriakoulis +4,42%, while the largest decline is recorded by the shares: Attica Publications -7,41% and Alpha Urban Real Estate -2.40%. On the foreign exchange market, the euro against the dollar has a marginal drop of 0.06% and is set at $1.0828. The euro is at 164,1870 yen, 0.8578 with sterling and 0.9807 with the Swiss franc. The rate of the dollar is increased to 0.18% over the yen and is set at 151,7840 yen. The sterling against the dollar is falling 0.07% and is formed at $1,2621. European Markets Unchanged were the shares at the beginning of the transactions today after they closed at a high level record at the previous meeting. The Pan-European STOXX 600 index was stable at 511.07 at 10:16 Greek time, near the high record to which it rose yesterday. The shares of oil and gas companies were the biggest weight on the index, with a drop of 0.7%, following the slow price path. The shares of the Shell and BP oil giants fell by 0.8% and 1%, respectively. On the contrary, the share of the H&M clothing sales group recorded a 12% jump as it announced higher of expected operating profits for the first quarter. SOURCE: RES-BE