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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-11-29Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Greek bond market closing report(ANA-MPA) -- Turnover on the Greek electronic secondary bond market was a low 48 million euros on Monday, of wich 14 million euros were buy orders and the remaining 34 million euros were sell orders. The 10-year benchmark bond was the most heavily traded security with a turnover of 5.0 million euros. The yield spread between the 10-year Greek and German benchmark bonds was unchanged at 909 basis points, with the Greek bond yielding 11.82 pct and the German Bund 2.73 pct.In interbank markets, interest rates were largely unchanged. The 12-month rate was 1.53 pct, the six-month rate 1.265 pct, the three-month 1.02 pct and the one-month rate 0.80 pct. More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request form [02] Stocks end sharply lowerStocks ended significantly lower at the Athens Stock Exchange on Monday, as initial enthusiasm caused by a Eurogroup decision on Sunday over a support mechanism for Ireland, paving the way for extending loan repayment period for Greece, gave its place to worries over developments in Europeâs debt crisis. The composite index of the market fell 1.76 pct to end at 1,411.39 points, after rising as much as 2.66 pct during the session. Turnover was a low 94.728 million euros.The Big Cap index fell 1.88 pct, the Mid Cap index dropped 1.40 pct and the Small Cap index ended 1.13 pct lower. MIG (1.67 pct), ATEbank (1.52 pct) and Marfin Popular Bank (0.83 pct) were top gainers among blue chip stocks, while Ellaktor (4.31 pct), Cyprus Bank (4.21 pct) and Eurobank (3.77 pct) were major losers. The Chemicals (1.77 pct) and Financial Services (0.77 pct) sectors scored gains, while Health (4.03 pct) and Media (4.71 pct) suffered losses. Broadly, decliners led advancers by 107 to 57 with another 59 issues unchanged. Dromeas (15.15 pct), Edrasi (12.50 pct) and VIS (9.20 pct) were top gainers, while Olympic Catering (19.77 pct), Compucon (11.11 pct) and Unibios (10 pct) were top losers. More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request form Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |