ATHEX: Bourse index ends September with minor gains

September became the 11th consecutive period of maturation for the benchmark of the Greek stock marketplace (a series not seen successful 38 years), albeit with a alternatively small complaint of 0.62%. Tuesday’s session, the last for the month, offered small alteration to the main index, arsenic the section bourse proved to beryllium a two-tier marketplace whereby the banks and the bluish spot indexes roseate marginally while losing stocks outnumbered the gainers by a two-to-one ratio. Trading grew considerably, chiefly thanks to prearranged transactions.

The Athens Exchange (ATHEX) wide scale closed astatine 2,034.22 points, shedding conscionable 0.01% from Monday’s 2,034.46 points. The large-cap FTSE-25 scale expanded 0.03%, ending astatine 5,136.23 points, though mid-caps contracted 0.32%.

The banks scale precocious 0.34%, arsenic Alpha grew 1.52%, National added 0.53% and Eurobank collected 0.21%, while Bank of Cyprus mislaid 1.47%, Optima eased 0.59% and Piraeus gave up 0.06%.

In total 35 stocks boasted gains, 70 posted losses and 21 remained unchanged.

Turnover amounted to 363.8 cardinal euros, down from Monday’s €164 million. 

In Nicosia the wide scale of the Cyprus Stock Exchange decreased 0.46% to 287.05 points.