ATHEX: New tumble for stocks on Athinon Avenue

The caller closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the inconclusive statements astir the resumption of bid talks betwixt Washington and Tehran took their toll connected wealth markets, with Athinon Avenue losing connected Monday a important information of past week’s gains, with a notable diminution successful turnover. The driblet for banks was considerably greater than for mid-caps, pointing to the planetary quality of the day’s declining course.

The Athens Exchange (ATHEX) wide scale closed astatine 2,259.73 points, shedding 2.14% from Friday’s 2,309.10 points. The large-cap FTSE-25 scale contracted 2.33%, ending astatine 5,748.47 points, while mid-caps lone eased 0.37%.

The banks scale conceded 3.62%, arsenic National slumped 4.20%, Optima shied 3.74%, Piraeus gave up 3.62%, Alpha dropped 3.61% and Eurobank parted with 3.19%. Metlen mislaid 4.52% and ElvalHalcor fell 4.40%.

In total 26 stocks boasted gains, 80 posted losses and 14 remained unchanged.

Turnover amounted to €235.5 million, down from Friday’s €364.3 million.

In Nicosia, the wide scale of the Cyprus Stock Exchange decreased 1.66% to adjacent astatine 286.64 points.