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Rebalancing sends bourse turnover and index soaring
The upcoming changes in the composition of the FTSE 25, MSCI Global Standard and MSCI Large Cap Indices as of next week resulted in a massive increase in turnover on the Greek bourse yesterday, exceeding 800 million euros in what was the last session of the month, while the benchmark returned back above the 1,220-point level.
Benchmark’s rising streak ends as stocks head lower
The benchmarks seven-session rising streak came to an end at the Athens bourse on Thursday, as the news of Alpha Banks better-than-expected first-quarter results was tempered by the departure of the lenders head, Yiannis Costopoulos.
Benchmark back to level of Jan 2014
The local bourses fourth consecutive day of losses, albeit relatively small, wiped out all of the benchmarks gains since the start of the year on Tuesday.
The main index is now 0.16 percent worse off than on January 1, with observers noting that the valuation of a number of listed companies are not justified by the fundamentals.
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Cash-starved bourse loses more ground
The absorption of liquidity from banks share capital increases and from sovereign and corporate bond issues has this month deprived the local stock market of the cash that would have kept it on the upward course of previous months. Mondays decline took the bourses benchmark below the 1,200-point level, mostly due to the lack of buyers rather than aggressive selling.
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OTE stock leads bourse to another day of modest gains
OTE telecom shares led the Greek bourse to another day of moderate gains on Wednesday as it cast aside investor fatigue and reservations to help the benchmark climb above 1,350 points.
Mixed picture on bourse after days of gains
The rise recorded on Wednesday by the main banks and most mid-caps wasnt enough to send the benchmark of the Greek bourse to a new 34-month high, as several non-banking blue chips headed south following two sessions of gains at the start of the week.
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Considerable gains after six sessions of stock decline
Stocks had already begun to inch up during Tuesdays bourse session even before news of the agreement to reduce natural gas rates was made public. The deal gave the benchmark index a final push to rise above the 1,260-point level, on increased trading.
Local bourse gets a stress test of its own
A sixth consecutive day of decline on the Greek bourse on Monday inflicted significant losses on most stocks and the main index due to uncertainty over the results of banks stress tests generated by reports regarding requirements as high as 20 billion euros. Turnover remained low, as it has done for the past two weeks.
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