{"id":2381,"date":"2025-01-23T00:21:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T00:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/23\/athex-streak-ends-for-bourse-as-banks-fall\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T00:21:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T00:21:34","slug":"athex-streak-ends-for-bourse-as-banks-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/23\/athex-streak-ends-for-bourse-as-banks-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"ATHEX: Streak ends for bourse as banks fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1259421\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/stocks_multicolor_web-320x200.jpg?v=1613422830\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/stocks_multicolor_web.jpg?v=1613422830\" alt=\"ATHEX: Streak ends for bourse as banks fall\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/stocks_multicolor_web.jpg?v=1613422830\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>On Wednesday, after six straight days of growth, the benchmark of the Greek stock market came off its highest point in 13.5 years to return to Monday\u2019s closing level, mainly due to some profit taking on bank stocks. Still, the majority of stocks and the mid-cap index enjoyed fresh gains, and turnover returned to satisfactory levels.<\/p>\n<p>The Athens Exchange (ATHEX) general index closed at 1,530.68 points, shedding 0.57% from Tuesday\u2019s 1,539.48 points. The large-cap FTSE-25 index contracted 1.04%, ending at 3,719.42 points, while mid-caps expanded 0.72%.<\/p>\n<p>The banks index dropped 2.38%, as Eurobank lost 3.39%, Alpha fell 2.80%, Piraeus conceded 2.41% and National eased 1.58%, though Optima fetched 0.46%. Prem Watsa\u2019s placement of a 2.2% package in Eurobank late on Wednesday should affect the lender\u2019s price on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Athens International Airport added 3.73% and Aegean Airlines climbed 3.10%.<\/p>\n<p>In total 58 stocks obtained gains, 35 showed losses and 29 remained unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>Turnover amounted to 134.5 million euros, up from Tuesday\u2019s \u20ac109.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>In Nicosia, the general index of the Cyprus Stock Exchange decreased 1.18% to 224.89 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/economy\/1259421\/athex-streak-ends-for-bourse-as-banks-fall\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, after six straight days of growth, the benchmark of the Greek stock market came off its highest point in 13.5 years to return to Monday\u2019s closing level, mainly due to some profit taking on bank stocks. 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