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Today’s (7/29) session was a session of tight trading and lack of risk appetite on the Athens Stock Exchange, which returned to negative territory under the “weight” of dividend cuts, mainly from National Bank. Despite the losses, contact was maintained with 1,470 points, with the General Index closing off the daily lows.

The Athens Stock Exchange returned to an upward “channel” and coordinated with the recovery effort of foreign stock markets, ending the three-day downward streak that preceded it.

Markets mostly rose on July 12 after a largely negative day on Wall Street despite growing confidence of a U.S. interest rate cut, while the yen saw big swings as speculation swirled that Japan had stepped into forex markets to support the currency.

The growth of most banks weighed decisively on the Greek stock market on Thursday for the final color of the benchmark, which reverted to black upon the closing after a rather narrow session, while turnover continued to decrease. Markets appear satisfied with the decline of the US inflation rate in June, which strengthens the scenario of two rate cuts by the Fed by year-end.

Investors in the Greek stock market were content with selective moves today (10/7), correcting measuredly after a five-day rally that had yielded gains of +3.14%. The General Index was again below 1,450 points, but did not move far enough away from this psychological threshold.

During the global financial crisis of 2007-9, the US government and the Federal Reserve subjected US banks to a stress test. The idea was to test banks in severe - but hypothetical - recession scenarios in which they would have to show they were adequately capitalized, thereby restoring the confidence of depositors and investors.

The euro experienced a decline against major currencies in early trading on Monday, influenced by the political uncertainty following the European Parliament elections.

The success of far-right parties across Europe has raised concerns about the ability of mainstream parties to form majorities in the European Parliament, which are essential for passing legislation.

The European Central Bank on Thursday made its first interest rate cut since 2019, reducing borrowing costs from record highs, but the path ahead remains unclear with inflation volatile.

The key deposit rate was lowered a quarter point to 3.75 percent. Rates had been on hold since October, after an unprecedented streak of hikes starting mid-2022 to tame runaway consumer prices.

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Markets fell in Asia and Europe on May 23 , tracking a sell-off on Wall Street sparked by a string of better-than-expected U.S. data that added to worries the Federal Reserve will hold off on cutting interest rates this year.