{"id":5804,"date":"2025-03-31T22:54:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T22:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/athex-major-slump-on-bourse-led-by-banks\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T22:54:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T22:54:43","slug":"athex-major-slump-on-bourse-led-by-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/athex-major-slump-on-bourse-led-by-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"ATHEX: Major slump on bourse, led by banks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1265739\">\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\/01\/stocks_red-320x200.jpg?v=1611834815\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/stocks_red.jpg?v=1611834815\" alt=\"ATHEX: Major slump on bourse, led by banks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/stocks_red.jpg?v=1611834815\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The profit-taking process that started late last week on the Greek stock market accelerated on Monday, with international fears of an out-and-out trade war growing by the day. Bank stocks bore most of the pressure, with their index losing almost 5% in one session, while the benchmark shrank nearly 3%, dropping well below the 1,700-point mark. Even so, on a monthly basis the main index on Athinon Avenue advanced 4.82% in March, for its fifth consecutive month of growth.<\/p>\n<p>The Athens Exchange (ATHEX) general index closed at 1,685.24 points, shedding 2.91% from Friday\u2019s 1,735.68 points. The large-cap FTSE-25 index contracted 3.45%, ending at 4,148.45 points.<\/p>\n<p>The banks index fell 4.71%, as Piraeus dropped 6.52%, Alpha eased 5.98%, Eurobank parted with 3.93%, National gave up 3.57% and Optima lost 2.78%.<\/p>\n<p>In total 13 stocks secured gains, 98 endured losses and 13 remained unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>Turnover amounted to 264.6 million euros, up from last Friday\u2019s \u20ac196.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>In Nicosia, the general index of the Cyprus Stock Exchange decreased 0.93% to close at 236.29 points. 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