Weekly opening with a fall for the Athens Stock Exchange on Monday, despite positive news for Alpha Bank, Ethniki and Optima Bank.
The General Index fell from the 1,200 mark, moving to 1,198.47, down 0.38%.
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However, the General Index has not yet capitalized on the positive news for banking institutions.
In particular, the share of Optima Bank falls by 0.28%, that of Alpha Bank by 1.25% and that of Ethniki by 2.57%.
In the rest of the banks, Eurobank and Piraeus are also moving down by 0.74% and 0.58% respectively.
HFSF – UniCredit agreement for Alpha Bank
The fictitiously high turnover of 322 million is solely due to the deal for the acquisition of 9% of Alpha Bank.
The acquisition by the Italian UniCredit of the 9% held by the HFSF in Alpha Bank was completed on Monday.
The two sides agreed to close the deal at a sale price of 1.39 euros per share.
HFSF and National Bank
During the current week, at least 20% of National Bank, which is owned by the Financial Stability Fund, is unexpectedly put up for sale.
According to information, the bid book will be opened in the next few days and will concern 20% of the 40.39% of the HFSF’s interest in the National Bank.
Optima Bank results
In addition, Optima Bank announced positive nine-month results on Monday.
Specifically, according to ifimerida, nine-month net profits amount to €73.6 million compared to €26.8 million in the same period last year and €42.9 million for the whole of 2022, as announced by Optima Bank.
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