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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-07-14Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Greek bond market closing report(ANA-MPA) -- The yield spread between the 10-year Greek and German benchmark bonds widened slightly to 14.13 pct in the domestic electronic secondary bond market on Thursday, from 14.10 pct on Wednesday, with the Greek bond yielding 16.86 pct and the German Bund 2.73 pct. Turnover in the market remained a low 6.0 million euros, of which 4.0 million were sell orders and the remaining 2.0 million euros were buy orders. The 10-year benchmark bond was the most heavily traded security with a turnover of 4.0 million euros.In interbank markets, interest rates were mixed. The 12-month rate was unchanged at 2.17 pct, the six-month rate also unchanged at 1.81 pct, the three-month rate was 1.60 pct and the three-month rate rose to 1.45 pct. © ANA-MPA SA. Intellectual rights and copyright belong to the ANA-MPA S.A. Reproduction of ANA-MPA content by visitors of this website is strictly forbidden. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [02] Stocks end slightly lowerStocks ended slightly lower in the Athens Stock Exchange on Thursday, extending a declining trend for the eighth consecutive session as a recovery effort failed to materialise. The market remains nervous after Fitch downgraded the country to junk category. The composite index of the market fell 0.18 pct to end at 1,188.19 points with turnover remaining a low 74.248 million euros.The Big Cap index eased 0.50 pct, the Mid Cap index ended 0.36 pct lower and the Small Cap index ended 0.45 pct down. PPC (3.89 pct), Viohalco (1.19 pct) and National Bank (1.16 pct) were top gainers among blue chip stocks, while Marfin Popular Bank (6.0 pct), Cyprus (4.94 pct) and Motor Oil (4.39 pct) were top losers. The Financial Services (3.5 pct), Industrial Products (0.64 pct) and Technology (0.48 pct) scored gains, while Health (3.77 pct), Chemicals (2.77 pct) and financial Services (2.63 pct) suffered the heaviest percentage losses of the day. Broadly, decliners led advancers by 80 to 48 with another 49 issues unchanged. G.E. Demetriou (16.67 pct), MIG Real Estate (10 pct) and Pegasus (9.09 pct) were top gainers, while TBank (20 pct), Unibios (16.67 pct) and Imperio (15.79 pct) were top losers. © ANA-MPA SA. Intellectual rights and copyright belong to the ANA-MPA S.A. Reproduction of ANA-MPA content by visitors of this website is strictly forbidden. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |