Athens
THE Athens stock exchange slipped further on Tuesday, weighed down by bank shares, as Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos prepared for a new round of talks with Greece's creditors on the terms of a mammoth new bailout.
In early-afternoon trading, the Athex index was down 1.26 per cent after suffering its steepest-ever fall of 16.32 per cent on Monday when trading resumed after a five-week shutdown imposed by the country's debt crisis.
Banking shares were again the worst hit, with Piraeus falling...