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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-04-01
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[01] Brussels source: Greek programme review 'ideally' by April 12
[02] Greek-listed companies lost 7.5 bln euros in 2015
[01] Brussels source: Greek programme review 'ideally' by April 12
The review of Greece's programme should ideally be concluded before
April 12, a well-informed sources in Brussels told the ANA-MPA on Friday,
while clarifying that this depended on the required "political will".
According to the same source, there was a "broad consensus" at Friday's
Eurogroup Working Group meeting, with the staff of Eurozone finance
ministries participating, that the "overwhelming majority" of the
outstanding issues could be easily settled if the "political will" to
do so was present and that there are very few points where there are
still technical difficulties.
[02] Greek-listed companies lost 7.5 bln euros in 2015
Listed companies in the Athens stock exchange registered losses totaling
7.5 billion euros last year with the banking sector being the main
contributor, according to data published by Beta Securities on Friday.
Beta looked into the balance sheets of 199 listed companies, which showed
that turnover fell by 4.7 pct to 65,978 billion euros last year, with
banks alone showing losses of 8.1 billion euros. Excluding the banking
sector, listed companies recorded gains of 676 million euros.
Operating results of all listed companies increased by 14.7 pct, to 7.4
billion euros last year, while specifically in the fourth quarter they
jumped 39.7 pct.
According to the data, 81 companies were profitable and 118 registered
losses. Out of the profitable businesses, 34 increased their profits,
29 recorded less profits and 18 return to profitability last year. Of
the 118 loss-making businesses, 44 extended their losses, 53 limited
their losses while 21 entered into negative territory in 2015.
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