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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-01-08
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[01] Greek stocks slide on 'grexit' jitters
[01] Greek stocks slide on 'grexit' jitters
ANA-MPA -- Greek stocks ended sharply lower in the Athens Stock Exchange
on Monday, hit by the scenarios of a possible Grexit presented in
international media and a new rise in Greek state bond yields, with
the three-year bond yield surpassing 13 pct. The composite index of the
market fell 5.63 pct to end at 789.20 points, with the Large Cap index
falling 5.70 pct and the Mid Cap index ending 5.74 pct lower. Turnover
was a low 61.48 million euros, while the market's capitalisation shrank
by 2.9 billion euros from Friday.
All blue chip stocks ended lower, with the exception of Grivalia
Properties (1.33 pct), with MIG (11.52 pct), Athens Water (9.81 pct),
Folli Follie (8.79 pct), PPC (8.65 pct) and National Bank (7.43 pct)
suffering the heaviest percentage losses of the day.
The Real Estate index was the only one to move higher (0.90 pct), while
Commerce (8.76 pct), Utilities (8.53 pct), Health (7.61 pct) and Oil
(7.17 pct) suffered heavy losses.
Broadly, decliners led advancers by 93 to 22 with another 14 issues
unchanged. Kreka (19.68 pct), Attikat (18.18 pct) and Selonda (18.06
pct) were top gainers, while Teletypos (19.44 pct), Thessaloniki Port
(15.79 pct) and AEGEK (14.58 pct) were top losers.
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