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Greek Supermarket Prices Flatten As Food Inflation Drops Below 1% – IELKA

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Key takeaways

  • Food retail prices across major supermarket chains in Greece registered a year-on-year increase of 0.35%, according to IELKA.
  • Exposed: VGK, BWX, EFA, ASML, HSBC
  • Market reaction: BWX −0.6% on the day; VGK −0.6% on the day; ASML −2.4% on the day

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Greek Supermarket Prices Flatten As Food Inflation Drops Below 1% – IELKA

Food retail prices across major supermarket chains in Greece registered a year-on-year increase of 0.35%, according to IELKA.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • XRT SPDR S&P Retail ETF

    SPDR S&P Retail ETF: it holds retailers. Linked by “retail” (retail and consumer goods) in this story.

  • XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR+5.7% 30d

    Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR: it holds retailers. Linked by “retail” (retail and consumer goods) in this story.

  • VGK Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

    Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF holds stocks listed in Europe, which this story is about (“greek”).

  • BWX SPDR Bloomberg International Treasury Bond ETF

    SPDR Bloomberg International Treasury Bond ETF holds government bonds outside the US, which react to inflation and interest-rate news like this one in Europe

  • EFA iShares MSCI EAFE ETF-0.7% 6d

    iShares MSCI EAFE ETF is a broad fund of developed-market stocks that includes Europe

  • WMT Walmart+19.7% 30d

    Walmart (variety stores): retailers move with shopper spending and import costs. Linked by “retail” (retail and consumer goods) in this story.

  • AMZN Amazon.com+7.2% 30d

    Amazon.com (catalog and mail-order houses): retailers move with shopper spending and import costs. Linked by “retail” (retail and consumer goods) in this story.

  • COST Costco Wholesale+18.8% 30d

    Costco Wholesale (variety stores): retailers move with shopper spending and import costs. Linked by “retail” (retail and consumer goods) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
XRT-1.37%+0.47%base-1.72%after closeafter closeafter close
XLY-2.75%-0.01%base-0.45%after closeafter closeafter close
VGK-1.21%+0.58%base-0.61%after closeafter closeafter close
BWX+1.13%+1.50%base-0.63%after closeafter closeafter close
EFA-1.86%+0.32%base-0.61%after closeafter closeafter close
WMT+1.59%-0.08%base+0.18%after closeafter closeafter close
AMZN-2.10%+0.26%base+0.46%after closeafter closeafter close
COST-1.92%-1.90%base+0.51%after closeafter closeafter close

Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

Greek Supermarket Prices Flatten As Food Inflation Drops Below 1% – IELKA ESM Magazine

Source: ESM Magazine

Vanguard Intl Equity Index F (VGK) since this story, compared with the market

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
AMZNthat day+0.46%final price
AMZNthree days earlier+0.26%final price
AMZNfive days earlier-2.10%final price
Spdr Series Trust (BWX)that day-0.63%final price
Spdr Series Trust (BWX)three days earlier+1.50%final price
Spdr Series Trust (BWX)five days earlier+1.13%final price
COSTthat day+0.51%final price
COSTthree days earlier-1.90%final price
COSTfive days earlier-1.92%final price
Ishares Tr (EFA)that day-0.61%final price
Ishares Tr (EFA)three days earlier+0.32%final price
Ishares Tr (EFA)five days earlier-1.86%final price
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F (VGK)that day-0.61%final price
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F (VGK)three days earlier+0.58%final price
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F (VGK)five days earlier-1.21%final price
WMTthat day+0.18%final price
WMTthree days earlier-0.08%final price
WMTfive days earlier+1.59%final price
XLYthat day-0.45%final price
XLYthree days earlier-0.01%final price
XLYfive days earlier-2.75%final price
XRTthat day-1.72%final price
XRTthree days earlier+0.47%final price
XRTfive days earlier-1.37%final price

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Who gains and who loses around Vanguard Intl Equity Index F (VGK)

Companies tied to this story

  • VGK Vanguard Intl Equity Index F

    In “Greek Supermarket Prices Flatten As Food Inflation Drops Below 1% – IELKA,” Vanguard Intl Equity Index F (VGK) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF holds stocks listed in Europe, which this story is about (“greek”)

  • BWX Spdr Series Trust

    Spdr Series Trust (BWX) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Nov 2026 story “Greek Supermarket Prices Flatten As Food Inflation Drops Below 1% – IELKA.” Reason on file: SPDR Bloomberg International Treasury Bond ETF holds government bonds outside the US, which react to inflation and interest-rate news like this one in Europe

  • EFA Ishares Tr

    For “Greek Supermarket Prices Flatten As Food Inflation Drops Below 1% – IELKA,” Ishares Tr (EFA) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: iShares MSCI EAFE ETF is a broad fund of developed-market stocks that includes Europe

  • ASML Asml Holding

    For “Greek Supermarket Prices Flatten As Food Inflation Drops Below 1% – IELKA,” Asml Holding (ASML) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: ASML Holding N.V (special industry machinery) is one of the largest Europe-based companies traded in the US, so news about Europe (“greek”) reaches its shares

  • HSBC Hsbc Holdings

    For “Greek Supermarket Prices Flatten As Food Inflation Drops Below 1% – IELKA,” Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: HSBC Holdings (savings institution, federally chartered) is one of the largest Europe-based companies traded in the US, so news about Europe (“greek”) reaches its shares

  • SHEL Shell

    For “Greek Supermarket Prices Flatten As Food Inflation Drops Below 1% – IELKA,” Shell (SHEL) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Shell (crude petroleum and natural gas) is one of the largest Europe-based companies traded in the US, so news about Europe (“greek”) reaches its shares

  • NVS Novartis Ag

    Novartis Ag (NVS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Nov 2026 story “Greek Supermarket Prices Flatten As Food Inflation Drops Below 1% – IELKA.” Reason on file: Novartis AG (pharmaceutical preparations) is one of the largest Europe-based companies traded in the US, so news about Europe (“greek”) reaches its shares

Vanguard Intl Equity Index F (VGK)

Vanguard Intl Equity Index F (VGK) is the company in “Greek Supermarket Prices Flatten As Food Inflation Drops Below 1% – IELKA,” the 12 Nov 2026 this story story.

For Vanguard Intl Equity Index F (VGK), the reason on file says Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF holds stocks listed in Europe, which this story is about (“greek”)

A second company, Spdr Series Trust (BWX), is listed for a different reason: SPDR Bloomberg International Treasury Bond ETF holds government bonds outside the US, which react to inflation and interest-rate news like this one in Europe

Dates and price levels for Vanguard Intl Equity Index F (VGK)

EFA traded between 102.00 and 104.68 across 6 sessions. The latest close on file is 103.46.

A simple score for Vanguard Intl Equity Index F (VGK)

46 out of 100

“Greek Supermarket Prices Flatten As Food Inflation Drops Below 1% – IELKA” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 7 linked companies.