ATHEX: Benchmark withstands int’l pressure

A fig of bluish chips buoyed the benchmark of the Greek stock marketplace connected Monday, helping Athinon Avenue respond to planetary unit that made different bourses diminution connected the day. While the bulk of Greek stocks ended up connected the losing side, the main scale notched up insignificant gains, while turnover was strong, each successful the aftermath of the Morningstar DBRS recognition standing upgrade for Greece precocious past Friday.

The Athens Exchange (ATHEX) wide scale closed astatine 1,627.94 points, adding 0.04% to Friday’s 1,627.36 points. The large-cap FTSE-25 scale besides expanded 0.04%, ending astatine 3,998.94 points.

The banks scale contracted 0.15%, arsenic Eurobank dropped 2.61% and Alpha eased 1.36%, while Piraeus grabbed 1.70% and National obtained 1.28%.

Jumbo jumped 2.25% and OTE telecom roseate 1.07%, arsenic ElvalHalcor parted with 2.34% and Titan Cement gave up 1.48%.

In total 38 stocks boasted gains, 61 posted losses and 25 remained unchanged.

Turnover amounted to 222.9 cardinal euros, up from past Friday’s €187.9 million.

In Nicosia, the wide scale of the Cyprus Stock Exchange decreased 0.34% to adjacent astatine 228.86 points.