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August dawned on the Greek bourse with a return to poor trading volume on Wednesday. Still, the Athens Exchange (ATHEX) benchmark ended in the black after earlier losses were offset during the closing auctions.

The ATHEX general index ended at 761.66 points, adding 0.06 percent to Tuesday's 761.23 points.

August dawned on the Greek bourse with a return to poor trading volume on Wednesday. Still, the Athens Exchange (ATHEX) benchmark ended in the black after earlier losses were offset during the closing auctions.

The ATHEX general index ended at 761.66 points, adding 0.06 percent to Tuesday's 761.23 points.

The selling spree observed during the first few hours of trade on the Greek stock market on Thursday was reversed as the session went along, and the benchmark eventually recorded a second consecutive day of gains, although turnover remained below the 20-million-euro mark.

Domestic and international concerns related to diplomatic and trade issues led the majority of stocks to losses at the end of Wednesday's session at Athinon Avenue.

The Athens Exchange (ATHEX) general index ended the session at 746.70 points, shedding 1.44 percent from Tuesday's 755.33 points.

Greek stocks continued their ascent for a fifth day in a row on Tuesday, as the international climate turned more favorable, although trading volume remains at particularly low levels more reminiscent of August than June.

The appointment of new prime ministers in Rome and Madrid appeared to generate relief - if not euphoria - in Mediterranean money markets, leading to major gains for the majority of stocks in Athens on Friday. The banks index outperformed with a one-day jump of 6.50 percent.

The benchmark of the Athens Exchange (ATHEX) lost all of Tuesday's gains on Wednesday as concerns over the new Italian government, US-North Korean relations and the eurozone in general also weighed on the weakest link in the bloc and its stock market. The drop was accompanied by a major decline in turnover.

After a session that seemed split in half, stocks on the Greek bourse recovered early losses to secure enough gains as to take the benchmark comfortably above the 800-point level at closing on Thursday. The mood shifted after a tweet by US President Donald Trump indicated a softening of Washington's stance on Syria.

Stocks at Athinon Avenue rose in a more uniform fashion on Tuesday, at one point sending the benchmark as high as the 800-point mark. However, the momentum didn't last, and the main index had slipped back down again by the closing.

The benchmark at Athinon Avenue sank temporarily below 800 points during on Tuesday's session but reclaimed the psychological mark before the end of trade. While banks led blue chips to another session of losses, mid-caps jumped 3.01 percent, and the majority of stocks ended up with gains.