Greek Stock Rally Holds On as Traders Eye End of Bailout

  • Bank stress test results due in May seen key to further gains
  • Global X MSCI Greece ETF has seen inflows for past seven weeks
An employee passes an electronic index curve displaying current share prices in the Hellenic Exchanges - Athens Stock Exchange SA in Athens, Greece, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Greek assets have been roiled since Thursday after a meeting between Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and the nations bailout auditors ended in disagreement last week.Photographer: Yorgos Karahalis/Bloomberg
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The European equity market whose fortunes have swung on its country’s bailout dramas is holding on to a market-beating rally as the end of the aid program approaches.

Greece’s ASE Index has almost doubled since a low two years ago, posting the second-best performance among European peers in the past 12 months. While it has been boosted by fresh reliefBloomberg Terminal from the country’s creditors in the period, the advance could continue if the economy stays on its recovery path as the bailout program winds down this year, say traders and strategists.