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ATHEX: Price rises for most stocks
On a good day for the Greek bond market, local stocks rallied at the end of the trading session on Tuesday to notch up enough gains to send the benchmark higher. Former state companies were at the focus of buying interest.
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ATHEX: Index ends day virtually unchanged
Stocks at Athinon Avenue rallied toward the end of the session on Wednesday for a third day in a row, offseting most of their losses. A slight majority of stocks ended up lower and banks continued to slide, while the benchmark closed virtually unchanged and mid-caps recorded small gains.
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ATHEX: Banks index gives up over 12 percent in four sessions
In a trading session that bore close resemblance to that on Monday, stocks spent all day in the red on Tuesday, led by the credit sector, and with the benchmark's losses being contained during the closing auctions. The difference was that Tuesday's turnover was twice that seen on Monday.
ATHEX: Banks lead index to fifth day of growth
Bank stocks on Wednesday built on Tuesday's momentum to jump more than 5 percent on a day with a more respectable turnover at the local stock market. This was the fifth straight day of advance for the benchmark at Athinon Avenue, a record unseen in the last eight months.
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ATHEX: Benchmark sets course to new year-low
The stock slide in Athens continued for the fifth day in a row on thursday, although the benchmark had managed to contain its losses to less than 1 percent by the close. It remains to be seen whether the index will remain above the 600-point level until the end of the year or sink to new year-lows.
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ATHEX: Local stocks break six-day losing streak
The Greek stock market managed to hang on to its morning gains and bring an end to its six-day losing streak yesterday, with the benchmark ending the session near its day high. However, low turnover and the general weakness in investor moves suggested that Wednesday's rise was merely technical rather than anything substantial.
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ATHEX: Alpha's 3 pct drop leads stocks lower
Thursday's drop at the Athens stock exchange (ATHEX) was quite tame compared to losses recorded in most other European markets - and considering the slide in Greek bond prices.
The ATHEX general index ended at 652.04 points, shedding 0.74 percent from Wednesday's 656.92 points. The large-cap FTSE-25 index contracted 0.92 percent to 1,705.11 points.
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ATHEX: Credit sector stocks buoy up benchmark
The Bank of Greece plan aimed at halving the nonperforming exposure backlog in the credit sector gave bank stocks a much needed boost on Tuesday, with most other blue chips bringing up the rear, although turnover dropped below the 50-million-euro mark.
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ATHEX: Bank gains push main index higher
Greek stocks presented a mixed picture on Thursday: The majority headed south but the banks index headed higher, helping the benchmark to end the rather volatile session in positive territory. The main index only held on to a fraction of the gains recorded earlier in the day.
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ATHEX: Banks index jumps 9.5 percent
Buying interest in Greek banks on the Athens Exchange (ATHEX) picked up on Wednesday as the pressure on European markets eased, allowing for a technical recovery of local credit stocks after they slumped to a new 32-month low on Tuesday.
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