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Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-05-20
CONTENTS
[01] Greek bond market closing report
[02] Stocks jumped 2.49 pct
[01] Greek bond market closing report
Turnover in the Greek electronic secondary bond market totaled 926
million euros on Wednesday, of which 575 million euros were buy orders
and the remaining 351 million euros were sell orders. The 10-year
benchmark bond (July 19, 2019) was the most heavily traded security
with a turnover of 635 million euros. The yield spread between the
10-year Greek and German benchmark bonds was 170 basis points, with the
Greek bond yielding 5.12 pct and the German Bund 3.42 pct.
In interbank markets, interest rates moved higher. The 12-month Euribor
rate was 1.60 pct, the six-month rate 1.44 pct, the three-month rate
1.24 pct and the one-month rate 0.84 pct.
[02] Stocks jumped 2.49 pct
Greek stocks ended sharply higher, after volatile trading, in the
Athens Stock Exchange on Wednesday. The composite index jumped 2.49 pct
to end at 2,309.79 points, with turnover a strong 307.6 million euros,
of which 4.2 million euros were block trades.
Most sectors moved upwards, with the Financial Services (6.62 pct),
Food/Beverage (6.23 pct) and Raw Materials (6.09 pct) scoring the
biggest percentage gains of the day, while Media (3.85 pct), Oil (0.70
pct) and Travel (0.41 pct) suffered losses.
The FTSE 20 index rose 2.80 pct, the FTSE 40 index jumped 3.06 pct and
the FTSE 80 index ended 3.63 pct higher. Broadly, advancers led
decliners by 181 to 52 with another 37 issues unchanged.
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