The Athens Stock Exchange took a big step towards recovery, confirming estimates that it has strong prospects this year and that the correction early this week in the wake of the tariffs was an expected corrective move from 14-year highs.

The General Index closed with a gain of 1.79% at 1,544.49 points, while today it moved between 1,522.51 points (+0.34%) and 1,544.49 points (+1.79%). Trading was also significantly higher than yesterday, with a value of 149.69 million euros, while 30,074,217 shares were traded. The high-cap index rose by 2.03%, while the mid-cap index gained 1.35%.

The banking index surged 2.13% to 1,396.64 points, with Piraeus jumping 3.8% to 4.40 euros. Alpha gained 2.38% to 2.38 euros, Eurobank 2.28% to 2.373 euros, and Ethniki 0.98% to 8.28 euros. Cyprus closed slightly higher at 4.97 euros.

Among the high-cap stocks, the biggest rises were recorded by Piraeus (+3.80%), Coca Cola HBC (+3.74%), PPC (+3.49%), Titan (+3.46%), and Viohalco (+2.68%). On the contrary, only AIA's share fell (-1.51%). Alpha Bank and Eurobank recorded the highest trading volume, moving 6,346,188 and 6,256,949 shares, respectively.

The highest trading value was recorded by NBG with 33.13 million euros and Piraeus with 19.04 million euros. 77 shares moved up, 17 down and 26 remained stable.