The sentiment on the Athens Stock Exchange remains unchanged, with investors taking cautious positions, avoiding taking additional risk.
However, the Greek market does not seem willing to give up its attempt to converge with the 1,502-unit peaks, holding on to the 1,460-unit area and hoping for a new upward move in the context of the established year-end rally.
Attention, at the same time, is focused on the European Central Bank, which is making a new interest rate cut -3th consecutive and 4th overall since June, when the current cycle of monetary "easing" started.
In this environment, in the 4th session of the week, the General Index is up slightly by 0.32% to 1,462.23 points, gaining 4.5 points compared to Wednesday's close (1,457.60 points).
The arc of daily fluctuations extends over eight points (from 1,456.86 to 1,464.61 points), with a turnover of 70 million euros, of which 27.5 million euros in pre-agreed packages.
The banking index, which gained more than +12.2% in December, is almost unchanged at +0.05% and 1,291 points, pending the government's official decisions on commission cuts.
Piraeus shares are up +0.91% and 3.885 euros, NBG shares follow at +0.70% and 7.784 euros, Alpha shares trade at +0.50% and 1.623 euros, while Eurobank shares are limited to -1.47% and 2.208 euros, having 14.2 million euros of packages.
In the high-cap index (+0.38% and 3,568 points), Metlen's shares stand out at +1.4% and 33.5 euros thanks to Citi's top pick, with Helleniq Energy and Jumbo following at +1%. At the same time, GEK Terna gains 0.5% and returns to EUR 18.7, very close to its 25-year high of EUR 18.9. Titan, Sarantis and Motor Oil are up by up to 0.8%. On the flip side, shares of EYDAP and Lamda Development are retreating by 0.7% and 0.8%, respectively.
As for the mid-cap index (+0.07% and 2,301 points), Austriacard's share continues its upward reaction, as it climbs +1.5% and 5.8 euros. Kri-Kri shares also rise by 1%, which "turns around" above EUR 15. On the other hand, Intrakat's share slides -1% and 4.7 euros. Dimand's shares also fall by 1.4%, falling to 8.3 euros.
