National Bank of Greece (NBG) Stock Falling Today as 2 Greek Banks Seek ELA

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of the National Bank of Greece are down by 4.09% to $1.64 in mid-morning trading on Friday, as two of the country's banks, Eurobank Ergasias and Alpha Bank, request emergency liquidity assistance. The Greek banks have requested access to an emergency cash facility, run by Greece's central bank, due to concerns that liquidity conditions in the Greek banking sector were tightening in the days leading up to this month's national elections, the Wall Street Journal rep...