Strong rebound led by banks
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The Athens stock market rebounded strongly Monday, on the back of bank shares’ performance and positions on other blue chips.
The general index ended up 1.74%, at 1,285.27 points, on turnover of €108.5 million.
Blue chips gained 1.95%, mid-caps 1.6% and banks 3.1%. Among blue chips, Alpha and Piraeus banks and Cenergy gained over 4%, while National Bank, toy retailer Jumbo, Terna Energy and metals group ElvalHalcor ended up more than 3%. Gains over 2% were posted by metals firm Viohalco, power company PPC, refiner HELLENiQ Energy and Autohellas. Ellaktor dipped over 2%, and telecoms company OTE dropped 1.81%.
Bottler Coca-Cola HBC is tops in capitalization with €9.958 billion, followed by OTE (€5.997 bln), National Bank (€5.854 bln) and betting firm OPAP (5.639 bln).