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As the Athen market fell sharply on its first day of trading for five weeks, index provider MSCI has said it may reclassify its Greek market index from emerging to standalone status.
It said it may launch a consultation on such a move if capital controls continued. It said:
If there are continuing significant restrictive measures impacting the accessibility of the Greek equity market by international institutional investors, MSCI may potentially launch a consultation on a proposal regarding the reclassification of the MSCI Greece index to standalone market status from emerging markets status.
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