Greek stock market to operate despite attack

The Athens Stock Exchange will open for trade on Wednesday despite a bomb blast that caused huge damage to its building, it said in a statement.

"Despite the huge material damages caused to the building by today's explosion, both the Athens and the Cyprus stock markets will operate normally," the bourse said in a statement.

The statement confirmed earlier comments to Reuters by bourse officials that the market, which opens at 0730 GMT, would work normally. The two exchanges share a trading platform.