Foreign investors raised their participation in the capitalisation of the Athens Stock Exchange in May to 60.3 pct (including the participation of Hellenic Financial Stability Fund), while excluding HFSF’s participation their share rose to 63.7 pct from 63.2 pct in April.
Greek investors held 38.4 pct of the market’s capitalisation in the month. Foreign investors were net buyers in May with capital inflows totaling 82.47 million euros, while Greek investors were net sellers with capital outflows amounting to 82.53 million. Foreign investors accounted for 58.5 pct of market transactions in May, while Greek investors accounted for 18.5 pct.
The value of transactions reached 2.062 billion euros in May, up 77.1 pct from April and up 22.5 pct from May 2015. Average daily turnover was 103.14 million euros in May, up from 58.24 million April and from 84.22 million in May last year.
The number of active investor codes rose to 19,777 in May, from 15,739 in April. The market’s capitalisation amounted to 39.87 billion euros at the end of May, up 11.9pct from the previous month and down 6.1 pct from May last year.
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