Bank shares crashed at the Athens stock exchange on Monday, losing 20 percent of their value within hours, due to continuous political instability.
Greece is in the midst of violent protests over the building of migrant registration and hospitality centers, while at the same time farmers and most professional groups demonstrate loudly against government policies.
In the midst of escalating social unrest, the FTSEB index of financial stocks was down over 20 percent in midday trading, helping pull the overall market index more than 7 percent down.
The Athens stock market had already lost 8.89 percent of its value last week, with the banking index plunging by 24.3 percent.
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