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Greek Banks Drop After Eurogroup Meeting

Greek banks dropped in Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) after the meeting between the Eurozone’s Finance Ministers ended abruptly when Greece refused to sign a bailout program extension. According to Bloomberg, this raised concern among creditors who “may need to introduce controls...

Greek Stock Market Soared Today

The markets took a breather today, following the Greek government’s decision to abandon its request for a “haircut.” It also opened the way for meetings between Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and ECB President Mario Draghi as well as with German...

Bank Deposits in Greece Reach Two-Year Low in December

A new two-year low reached bank deposits in Greece in December, as Greeks withdrew some 4.6 billion euros in a period stigmatized by political uncertainty due to the unsuccessful election of a new President of the Hellenic Republic and...

Athens Stock Exchange Hit by a Negative Climate

Greek stocks remained under heavy selling pressure for the third successive session in the Athens Stock Exchange on Wednesday, hit by a negative climate prevailing in the domestic bond market. Greece ’s Athex Composite index slumped 9.24% to 711.13 points...

Athens Stock Exchange Falls More Than 5% Amid Election Fear

The Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) general index closed at 789.20 points, shedding 5.63% from Friday’s 836.24 points, a sign of investors' jitters three weeks away from a snap election that has raised fear about the future of Greece's...

Athens Stock Exchange Marks the Beginning of 2015 with Special Ceremony

Political uncertainty is significantly affecting the course of the Greek stock market but things will stabilize after the general elections, Greece's Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis said on Friday. Addressing a special ceremony held in the Athens Stock Exchange to mark...

Athens Stock Exchange: Nosedive

Equity prices were falling on Monday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index down 10.90 percent, standing at 760.24 points at 12:45 am after the failure of the current Parliament to elect a Greek...

Athens Stock Exchange Recording Losses of 7.35% During Third Consecutive Day of Fall

New dramatic free fall recorded the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), which sank to a new year low, amid the worsening climate in the markets due to political uncertainty, while the Greek 10-year bond recorded a worrying increase over 9%. The...

Biggest Athens Stock Exchange Drop Since 1987

In the maelstrom of political uncertainty - after the announcement of the acceleration of the Presidential election - moved today the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), as concerns regarding the country's political developments seem to affect Greek banks. The main index lost...

New Significant Drop in Athens Stock Exchange

Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) General Index closed at 910.50 points on Friday with a 5.38% drop, or 51.81 points lower than the previous closing, while turnover was 101 million euros. The drop is estimated due to the climate created after...