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Article: Banking rally props up PSI-20 at close.
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- ADP News Portugal
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- August 28, 2009
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(ADPnews) - Aug 28, 2009 - PSI-20, the blue chip index of Euronext Lisbon, gained 0.17% to 7,840.27 points today, triggered by the over 1% rises of Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP), or BCP, and Banco Espirito Santo (ELI:BES), or BES.
For the past week, the index accumulated a 0.35% increase.
Today the risers were 11 and nine stocks closed in the red.
BCP climbed 1.92% to EUR 0.90. However, for the whole week, the shares have registered a 4.04% drop.
BES soared 1.22% to EUR 4.555. This week the bank announced the set-up of Avistar, a holding which consolidates some of BES's main strategic stakes, with a capital of EUR 100 million (USD ...