The mood on the Athens Stock Exchange today was anemic—seeing Wall Street closed—with buyers and sellers fighting for control of the bias.

In the end, the ones who smiled were the latter, as even at... close to five they managed to cut the thread first. However, the current picture of the domestic market, undoubtedly, does not make anyone happy.

Athens remained stuck around 1,400 points, while banks retreated further, "clipping" this year's yields and moving away from the "peaks" of 1,354 points, which are now 14 points away.

Specifically, in the penultimate session of the week, the General Index rose imperceptibly by 0.01% to 1,403.83 points, gaining just 0.2 points from Wednesday's close (1,403.63 points).

The arc of daily fluctuations was fixed at 10 points (from 1,400.40 to 1,410.41 points), with the turnover of "net" transactions hovering at just 55 million euros.

Of course, to this figure we can add the 40 pre-agreed packages worth EUR 1.6 billion, which involved the transfer of the majority stake in Terna Energy to Masdar, which now controls 67% of the Greek listed company.

The banking index failed to "hold" the morning gains, ending the day at -0.49% and 1,162 points. Somehow, the distance from this year's "peaks" was maintained at -14%.

Eurobank shares folded to -1.28% and EUR 2.01, Alpha shares followed at -0.70% and EUR 1.4795, Piraeus shares traded at -0.23% and EUR 3.492, while ΝΒG shares were almost unchanged at EUR 6.81.

In the high-cap index (-0.21% and 3,386 points), Motor Oil's shares expanded dynamically to +2.5% and 19.6 euros, recovering from recent two-year lows. Titan Cement shares, meanwhile, followed at +1.3% and climbed to 39 euros (a new all-time record), while Cenergy shares gained 0.9%. Terna Energy, in the wake of the transfer of 67% to Masdar, reached 19.86 euros, bridging the gap from the 20 euros/share price. Similarly, GEK TERNA's shares continued to set records, closing up 0.4% at +0.4% and 18.5 euros. AIA's shares also rose to +1.3% and EUR 8.15. Conversely, PPC and Lamda shares slipped 1.1% and 1.8%, respectively, with OPAP shares down 0.8%.

As for the mid-cap index (+0.30% and 2,253 points), PPA shares stood out positively at +1.79% and returned to 16-year highs of EUR 31. Trade Estate, Ideal, and Thrace Plastics widened by at least 1%, while shares of Techniki Olympiaki and EXAE increased by up to 0.8%. On the flip side, shares of AVAX retreated -1.3% and 1.43 euros. A special mention should be made of As Company, which closed +3.4% and continued climbing for the 4th consecutive day.