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 general price index at the Athens Stock Exchange was standing at 859.26 points, at 15:32, down by 3.88% since it opened on Monday morning. Transactions are currently valued at 61.63 million euros.
The yield of the ten-year-bond has increased to 9.74%, the five-year-bond to 13.98% and the three-year bond to 17.15%. The banking sector is also under a lot of pressure, with shares currently down by 7.7%.
