{"id":850,"date":"2024-12-02T23:22:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T23:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/02\/athex-banks-send-main-index-soaring\/"},"modified":"2024-12-02T23:22:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T23:22:21","slug":"athex-banks-send-main-index-soaring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/02\/athex-banks-send-main-index-soaring\/","title":{"rendered":"ATHEX: Banks send main index soaring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1255176\">\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--12-320x200.jpg?v=1611933767\"><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--12.jpg?v=1611933767\" alt=\"ATHEX: Banks send main index soaring\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/stocks--12.jpg?v=1611933767\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The announcement by the Greek prime minister in London that the government has no intention to impose an extraordinary levy on banks\u2019 profits gave a major boost to credit sector stocks on Monday. This carried along the rest of the stock market, with the index climbing more than 2% on the day, with increased turnover too. Mid-caps, however, found it a little more difficult to follow the blue-chip rally.<\/p>\n<p>The Athens Exchange (ATHEX) general index closed at 1,424.33 points, adding 2.21% to Friday\u2019s 1,393.49 points. The large-cap FTSE-25 index expanded 2.83%, ending at 3,386.39 points.<\/p>\n<p>The banks\u2019 index advanced 4.67%, as Eurobank soared 5.60%, Alpha rose 4.94%, Piraeus earned 4.76% and National collected 4.17%. Metlen improved 3.73%, ElvalHalcor obtained 3.43%, Viohalco fetched 3.09%, PPC augmented 2.79% and Titan Cement rose 2.71%.<\/p>\n<p>In total 61 stocks boasted gains, 33 posted losses and 23 remained unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>Turnover amounted to \u20ac123.7 million, up from last Friday\u2019s \u20ac96.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>In Nicosia, the general index of the Cyprus Stock Exchange increased 0.35% to close at 210.95 points.<\/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\/1255176\/athex-banks-send-main-index-soaring\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The announcement by the Greek prime minister in London that the government has no intention to impose an extraordinary levy on banks\u2019 profits gave a major boost to credit sector stocks on Monday. 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