The Greek stock market, even with a small rise, was one of the few investments worldwide that gave positive returns for August. It may have disappointed the close of August (+0.62%) compared to gains of more than 5% that were recorded a few sessions before the end of the month. But the image of the […]
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New record on the Energy Exchange – Close to 700 euros per megawatt hour
Electricity prices set a new record high tomorrow as the average price stands at 697.25 euros per megawatt hour with the high reaching 871 euros. It is recalled that the prices of the Stock Exchange are not passed on to consumers as since July a ceiling has been imposed on the prices per megawatt hour […]
AXA: The stocks that ‘raised’ the market from the lows of July 6th
Since July 6, when both the General and the banking index were at year lows, the gains amount to 15% for the former and 33% for the latter. The General Index has now covered the losses recorded since the beginning of this year, presenting an opposite picture in relation to the major international indices whose […]
Handelsblatt: Professional investors do not trust the rally in the US stock market
The US S&P 500 is already up 8% for the month. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is even up 10%. But professional investors apparently don’t trust the rally in US stocks: their hedges against falling prices remain high. This is according to the analysis of financial data provider S3 Partners, Handelsblatt comments. In exchange-traded funds (ETFs), […]
The signals from the ‘bubbles’ point to recession again
By Joe Moglia The recent inversion of the yield curve is the latest indication that markets and the economy are headed for recession. Inflation remains high, while the US Federal Reserve has moved to raise interest rates. Consumer confidence has collapsed, with recent research by Morgan Stanley showing that shopping mall visits are down 14%, […]
FT: China plans three-tier data strategy to avoid US delisting
China plans to classify US-listed Chinese companies based on the sensitivity of the data they hold, in a bid to prevent US regulators from delisting hundreds of companies, groups, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. The three-tier system aims to bring Chinese companies into compliance with US rules that will require public companies to allow […]
German press: ‘Explosion’ of the stock market in Turkey
An unexpected development from Turkey. Inflation may have soared to unimaginable heights, but at the same time the Istanbul Stock Exchange is experiencing an unprecedented boom, with the BIST-100 index up 31% since the beginning of the year. How is this explained? THE Süddeutsche Zeitung points out: “With a closer look we see that Turkey […]
On the roller coaster of terror the markets
Her Eleftherias Kourtalis Bond markets already seem to be pricing in a recession, with equity markets once again riding the rollercoaster of fear and intense volatility, with the barometer of global markets, the S&P 500, already in bear market territory and analysts are constantly “cutting” their estimates of where it will be at the end […]
Stock market: The losers and winners of the first half of 2022
The “perfect storm” that hit the international markets in the first half of the year did not leave the Greek stock market unaffected either. But the rate of decline of the General Price Index was smaller compared to the largest international stock markets. The General Index closed the first half down 9.28%, when the benchmark […]
Stock market: Banks are holding back the rise
The Athens Stock Exchange is moving upwards today, but it can not overcome the nervousness that prevails since the European Central Bank meets to decide how to deal with market turmoil. In particular, the General Index records gains of 0.50% at 826.98 points, while the turnover is at 30 million euros and the volume at […]