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National Bank of Greece (NBG) became the latest of Greece's four major lenders to successfully tap international markets as prospects of a recovery in the Greek economy lure investors.

The drops sustained by National Bank and OTE telecom stocks determined the course of Thursday’s bourse session, which started with gains and ended with losses for the main index.

Eurobank dominated the action during Tuesday’s bourse session. The bank stock’s major decline combined with its 53.5 percent share of all trading on the day sent indices lower as the turnover climbed.

By Evgenia Tzortzi

The successful share capital increase of Eurobank and the forthcoming one of National are changing the lenders’ plans for the sale of EFG Eurolife and Ethniki Insurance respectively.

 Management, HFSF express satisfaction with successful completion of share capital increase

By Yiannis Papadoyiannis

The thumbs-up given by Moody’s to Greek banks, coupled with the expected return of Eurobank and Viohalco to the blue-chip index ended the decline of Greek stocks with a late rally that gave the benchmark marginal gains on Tuesday.

The European Commission has approved restructuring aid for Greece's third-largest lender Eurobank, the European Union executive said on Tuesday.

"The plan will enable the bank to become viable in the long term without unduly distorting competition,» the Commission said in a statement.

By Alexis Papachelas