Greece regains Developed Market status in STOXX classification ten years after demotion to Emerging Market

The remarkable turnaround in the Mediterranean nation’s markets reflects a profound transformation of the country’s public finances and capital markets since the sovereign debt crisis of 2015, which almost forced it out of the eurozone, ravaged its banking sector, brought a sovereign default, wiped out most of the value of Greek stocks and prompted the Athens Stock Exchange to suspend trading for five weeks. STOXX [**demoted Greece**](https://www.stoxx.com/document/Resources/Methodology/Country_Classification/stoxxnews_20160510p.pdf) to EM in September 2016, the first such downgrade in STOXX’s classification history, after the Greek government imposed capital controls to stem money outflows.