The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell to a two-week low in early trading today, after increasing tensions in the Middle East.
The STOXX 600 was down 0.9 percent at 616.04 points in the early minutes of the session, with all major regional indices moving into negative territory.
Crude oil jumped after an exchange of fire between Israel and Iran over the weekend, jeopardizing the fragile ceasefire in the region and overshadowing any hopes for an imminent end to the conflict.
Stock prices are trending down at the start of today’s Athens Stock Exchange session, following the downward trend in European markets.
The General Price Index at 11:00 a.m. is at 2,337.23 points, down 0.78 percent.
The value of transactions is 26.59 million euros.
The high-cap index is down 0.81 percent, while the mid-cap index is down 0.70 percent.
Of the high-cap stocks, the biggest rises were recorded by Optima Bank (+1.08%), Motor Oil (+0.65%), HELPE (+0.49%) and PPC (+0.37%).
On the other hand, the biggest decline is recorded by shares of Metlen (-1.51%), Viohalco (-1.44%), Elvalhalcor (-1.35%), Allwyn (-1.26%) and Ethniki (-1.22%).
12 stocks are moving up, 74 down and 12 remain stable.
The biggest rise is recorded by shares of: Lanacam (+2.86%) and Unibios (+1.24%), while the biggest decline is recorded by: Cordello Bros (-8.69%) and Frigoglass (-4.76%).
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