GREECE - Factors to Watch on July 8
ATHENS, July 8 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events which may affect Greek financial markets on Wednesday:
NATIONAL BANK RIGHTS TO START TRADING JULY 8
National Bank of Greece (NBGr.AT) rights to a 1.25 billion euro share issue will start trading on July 8. [ID:nL7575572]
GREECE'S POSTBANK COMPLETES RIGHTS ISSUE
Hellenic PostBank (GPSr.AT), Greece's seventh-largest lender, said on Tuesday it has completed its 526 million-euro rights issue. [ID:nL7693394]
OPAP IN TALKS WITH FINANCE MINISTRY ON NEW GAMBLING TAX
OPAP's (OPAr.AT) management is reportedly in talks with the Finance Ministry over government plans to tax gambling, with the aim to exempt certain winnings, financial daily Imerisia reported.
www.imerisia.gr
GREEK JUNE INFLATION STEADY AT 41-YR LOW
Greece's headline consumer price inflation was steady at a 41-year low of 0.5 percent year-on-year in June, helped by favourable base effects and lower energy prices compared to the same month last year. [ID:nL7301621]
GREECE'S PPC, MYTILINEOS SEEK DISPUTE ARBITRATION
Greece's top electricity producer Public Power Corp (PPC) (DEHr.AT) said on Tuesday it would seek arbitration to resolve a dispute with its biggest client, Aluminium of Greece (MYTr.AT) over electricity prices. [ID:nL7202531]
GREEK TOURISM SLUMPS 9.6 PCT, 19,000 JOBS LOST
Greece's tourism industry has shed more than 19,000 jobs after arrivals dropped by nearly a tenth in the first six months of the year, a trade group said on Tuesday. [ID:nL724007]
EU COURT FINES GREECE OVER OLYMPIC AIRWAYS SUBSIDY
Europe's highest court imposed a fine of 2 million euros on Greece on Tuesday for failing to recover state aid illegally granted to Olympic Airways. [ID:nL724365]
EUROPEAN STOCK INDEX FUTURES POINT TO WEAKER START
European stock index futures pointed to a fall in equities on Wednesday after losses in the previous four sessions in a row, with weaker commodity prices seen hitting energy and mining stocks. [ID:nL869072]
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