ATHEX: More losses on a busy day at the bourse

A engaged time of trading astatine Athinon Avenue connected Wednesday saw prices diminution connected the complaint decisions expected from the Fed, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan, while the unexpected flexing of Greek defence muscles made investors adjacent much cautious. Eventually the losses of the main indexes were contained and the level of 2,000 points for the benchmark remains unafraid for now.

The Athens Exchange (ATHEX) wide scale closed astatine 2,019.26 points, shedding 0.69% from Tuesday’s 2,033.23 points. The large-cap FTSE-25 scale contracted 0.71%, ending astatine 5,081.09 points.

The banks scale declined 0.95%, arsenic Alpha gave up 1.66%, National decreased 1.41%, Bank of Cyprus eased 1.32%, Piraeus fell 0.89% and Eurobank slipped 0.16%, while Optima reached an all-time high, climbing 1.56%.

Aegean Airlines parted with 2.84% and Public Power Corporation mislaid 1.27%.

In total 24 stocks obtained gains, 85 registered losses and 17 remained unchanged.

Turnover amounted to 263.4 cardinal euros, up from Tuesday’s €182.9 million.

In Nicosia the wide scale of the Cyprus Stock Exchange accrued 0.28% to adjacent astatine 290.44 points.