Foreign investors raise participation in ASE cap in March
Foreign investors raised their participation in the capitalization of the Athens Stock Exchange in March to 53.2 pct, from 51.5 pct in February, while Greek investors’ participation eased to 45.4 pct from 47.1 pct over the same periods, respectively.
Foreign investors were net buyers in March, with capital inflows of 40.49 million euros, while Greek investors were net sellers with capital outflows of 40.008 million euros.
The value of transactions eased 0.1 pct to 1.179 billion euros in March, from 1.180 billion in February, but up 5.9 pct from March 2012. Average daily turnover rose to 65.52 million euros in March, from 59.02 million in February and 50.60 million euros in March 2012. The number of active investor codes eased to 35,841 in March from 37,872 in February.
The market’s capitalization was 33.11 billion euros at the end of March, down from 38.18 billion a month earlier, but up from 28.60 billion euros in March 2012.