** Shares in Athens International Airport (AIA) AIAr.AT
open 14.6% higher at 9.40 euros in their market debut compared
to the 8.20 euros IPO price
** AIA's IPO was priced at 8.20 euros per share at the upper
end of the range of 7.00 to 8.20 euros, valuing the whole
company at 2.46 billion euros
** As of 0850 GMT the stock pares some gains and is up 12%
at 9.2 euros
** The ATHEX composite share price index .ATG is
marginally up 0.2%
(Reporting by Antonis Pothitos)
((antonis.pothitos@thomsonreuters.com))