¡@ ATHENS, Jan. 25(Xinhuanet)-- Stocks finished higher at Athens bourse on Tuesday for the fifth straight session in across-the-board buying fuelled by institutional investors abroad, traders said.

The Athens general share index closed at 2,944.33 points, posting a rise of 1.09 percent. Turnover was 212.8 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE-20 index for high capitalization shares ended 0.79percent up, while the FTSE/ASE-40 for medium cap stocks closed 0.57 percent higher. The FTSE/ASE-80 for small cap shares finished 1.32 percent up.

Of stocks traded, advances led declines at 230 to 73 with 53 remaining unchanged.