epa04591081 A man walks past a screen displaying a chart with the evolution of the Greek stock index in Athens, Greece, 28 January 2015. Greek stocks were in freefall on the Athens bourse during 28 January's session, three days after the election of a leftist, anti-bailout government in Greece. One hour before the close of session, the general index had shed 8.61 percent and stood at 716.04 points, dragged down by a collapsing banking sector where losses exceeded 20 percent and extremely negative sentiment in the bond market, where the yield on Greece's three-year bond shot up to 16 percent. EPA/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU (File: 14932941.jpg )
The Athens Stock Exchanged opened with loses on Wednesday, with the General Price Index down standing at 797.04 points...
The Athens Stock Exchanged opened with loses on Wednesday, with the General Price Index down standing at 797.04 points, down by 3.54%, while transactions were valued at 23.22 million euros.
The banking sector in particular is under a lot of pressure, with share values down by 6.72%. The yield of the ten-year bond is 10.69%.
