Slight drop in ATHEX index on opening

Investors wait to see how changes in some banks will pan out

The Greek stock market ATHEX opened with a marginal fall of 0.07% on Thursday’s session. The general index was hovering between 569-570 points without ashy notable fluctuations. Following the changes in the Greek banks of Piraeus and TXS the volume of trading of banking shares remained slow, as investors try to predict how these developments will pan out. The stocks of the National Bank of Greece (NBG) stood at 0.199 Euros, a 0.14% drop, while Alpha Bank also recorded a 0.57 Euro fall in its share price trading at 1.75 Euros. Eurobank registered slight gains of 0.34%, while Piraeus Bank also saw a 0.62% rise in share prices.