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Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-06-12
CONTENTS
[01] Greek bond market closing report
[02] Stocks end 0.61% up
[01] Greek bond market closing report
Turnover in the Greek electronic secondary bond market remained at
heavy 1.868 billion euros on Friday, with the yield spread between the
10-year Greek and German benchmark bonds easing to 171 basis points.
The Greek bond yielded 5.32 pct and the German Bund 3.61 pct.
In interbank markets, interest rates were largely unchanged. The
12-month Euribor rate was 1.65 pct, the six-month rate 1.47 pct, the
three-month rate 1.26 pct and the one-month rate 0.96 pct.
[02] Stocks end 0.61% up
Greek stocks continued moving higher in the Athens Stock Exchange on
Friday, pushing the composite index of the market above the 2,400 level
again. The index rose 0.61 pct to end at 2,401.57 points, with turnover
a moderate 186.7 million euros, of which 5.7 million euros were block
trades.
Most sectors moved higher, with the Telecommunications (2.24 pct),
Food/Beverage (1.90 pct) and Banks (1.27 pct) scoring the biggest
percentage gains of the day, while Health (1.54 pct), Raw Materials
(1.32 pct) and Insurance (1.17 pct) suffered losses.
The FTSE 20 index rose 0.66 pct, the FTSE 40 index ended 0.19 pct
higher and the FTSE 80 index rose 0.60 pct. Broadly, advancers led
decliners by 121 to 98 with another 47 issues unchanged.
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