Greek job vacancies rose by 36% y-o-y in the second quarter, to 37,107, the statistics office ELSTAT said.

Greece’s import price index (MPI) in industry dropped for a sixth consecutive month in July, to 14.4% y-o-y, data.

Stocks in Athens were higher in choppy trade at midday Thursday, with the general index visiting both territories during the session. Banks tried to claw back some of the recent lost ground. The ECB’s decision on the interest rate front is closely monitored.

Greece’s second quarter jobless rate stood at 11.2%, down from the previous quarter’s reading of 11.8% and the year-ago figure of 12.4%, National Statistics Office or ELSTAT said. People-out-of work reached 533.3K. Long-term unemployment remained high, at 59.9%.

Stocks in Athens edged higher in early trade, in line with Europe’s trends.

Greek banks announced a four-month moratorium of loans to floods-affected borrowers.

Equities closed down, hitting three-month lows, as investors are concerned over the cost of the damages caused by the devastating Storm Daniel.

Greece will mobilise additional 500-600 million euros to restore road and rail networks in the flood-stricken areas of central Greece.

Equities suffered severe losses at midday, with banks taking a battering.

Greece’s Supreme Court has ordered on Wednesday an investigation into possible mismanagement in funding for anti-flooding works in the Thessaly region.