Foreign investors lower exposure in Greek market

Excluding the participation of Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF), their share eased to 62.6 pct from 64.3 pct over the same periods, respectively. Greek investors’ market share in the capitalisation of the Greek stock market was 40 pct in January, up from 38.6 pct the previous month.
Foreign investors were net buyers with capital inflows totaling 37.1 million euros, while Greek investors were net sellers with capital outflows worth 37.09 million euros. Foreign investors accounted for 53.2 pct of market transactions in January, from 52 pct in December and 61.9 pct in January 2016.
 The market’s capitalisation was 36.02 billion euros at the end of January, down 8.3 pct from the previous month but up 5.7 pct from January 2016.