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As investors continued to await the conclusion of the government's negotiations with the country's creditors, profit taking dominated Monday's session at the Greek bourse, on the heels of last week's mini-rally that saw the benchmark clear 600 points. The first hour of trading resulted in gains, but the majority of stocks sank into negative territory for the rest of the day.

The slightly increased chances of an agreement between Athens and Greece's lenders, thanks to Eurostat figures and politicians' statements, was reflected in Tuesday's session at the local bourse, with moderate gains for the majority of stocks.

Confidence in the Turkish economy has rebounded sharply in March after a three-month decline, according to official data released on March 25.

The Economic Confidence index rose 9.5 percent compared with the previous month, from 71.46 points in February to 78.27 points in March, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜ?K) said in a report.      

Turkey's main stock exchange, Borsa Istanbul, has said it will begin to calculate leveraged and short indices which cover investment strategies with the expectation of a bull market and a bear market, as of April 1.

Turkey's economic confidence index tumbled 16.8 percent in January, the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜ?K) said on Jan. 28, reversing a sharp rise from last November after the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) victory in a snap election. 

The index stood at 83.88 in January, compared with 100.81 in December 2015. 

Bulgaria's construction production index for November 2015 increased by 0.4% month-on-month but was 0.5% lower compared with November 2014, the country's statistical office NSI announced on Friday.

Economic confidence index decreased by 3.8 percent to 100.18 in December compared to previous month, amid rising tension between Turkey and Russia and uncertainties resulting from the rate hike decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). 

The economic confidence index jumped 26.7 points in November to 104.99 compared to the previous month after sharp drops, the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜ?K) said on Nov. 27.

Equity prices shot up on Tuesday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 3.05% at 663.49 points at 11 a.m. and turnover at 7.25 million euros.

Equity prices went down on Thursday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index dropped 0.55%, standing at 676.33 points at 11.00 am and turnover at 1.75 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks dropped 0.66% and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index dropped 0.66%.