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ATHEX: Benchmark climbs for sixth week
In anticipation of the Piraeus Bank placement next week, the Greek stock market had a rather quiet day on Friday, at the closing of another week of gains for the main index at Athinon Avenue, the sixth in a row. The blue chip index and that of banks headed lower on the day, while the majority of stocks and the mid-cap index ended up with gains.
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ATHEX: Index fails to surmount 1,350-pt mark
The vast majority of Greek stocks ended Thursday's trading session with gains, but some non-bank blue chips held the benchmark back from hitting a new nine-year high and the 1,350-point level, which remains elusive for now. The positive messages from the US Fed and the European Central Bank create a favorable climate for further price growth in the coming days, analysts note.
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ATHEX: Stock market index edges even higher
A number of energy and industrial blue chips kept the Greek stock market benchmark on a positive course on Friday, in the face of the decline of the majority of stocks and the banks index. The main index ended the week at another nine-year high through its marginal growth, which revealed fatigue on the part of traders and the resilience of some index-heavy stocks.
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ATHEX: Negligible loss for benchmark
A balanced session with particularly low turnover brought the week to a close at the Greek stock market as external pressures were mostly offset by the upward moves by blue chip heavyweights Coca-Cola HBC and Piraeus Bank. The slip of the main index took the weekly result from a rise to a marginal loss.
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ATHEX: Bourse slide contained at auctions
Thursday's bourse session at Athinon Avenue proved to be the second in a row with losses for most stocks, although in the closing auctions the main index contained its decline and the banks index actually swung into gains. Turnover dropped to the lowest level in almost two weeks, but Friday's session is expected to make up for it.
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ATHEX: Moderate gains in first week of trade
The first trading week of the year ended with the benchmark up 1.27% after a rather forgettable session on Friday that left the index virtually unchanged while bank stocks continued their slide for the third day in a row.
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ATHEX: Benchmark eases after Monday rise
The benchmark at the Greek stock market came down from a 10-month high on Tuesday with minor losses as many traders chose to secure some of their recent earnings - as increased daily turnover also illustrates - while stocks were largely split between winners and losers.
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ATHEX: Trade halts for hols on a high note
The Greek stock market closed for Christmas on Wednesday with further gains for most companies, on the strength of the growing prospects of an agreement between Brussels and London over Brexit, although the day's turnover was the lowest in the last 33 sessions. The bourse will next reopen on Monday.
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ATHEX: New strain sent stocks into nosedive
The imported worries about the impact of the new strain of the coronavirus, along with the impasse in the Brexit deal discussions, took a heavy toll on the local stock market too on Monday, although the benchmark almost halved the losses it had suffered mid-session.
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ATHEX: Stock index flirting with 800 pts again
Fresh hopes of a Brexit deal on Tuesday gave stocks across Europe a fresh push, with Greek stocks following suit to take the local market's benchmark back up to within striking distance of the 800-point level. Turnover has increased in the last few sessions, this being the last full trading week of the year.
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