The reaction effort did not pay off on the Athens Stock Exchange, which surrendered again to the sellers during the session, extending yesterday's losses and seems to lose 1,440 points.

More specifically, in today's session, the General Index is down slightly by 0.30% at 1,437.84 points, losing about 4.5 points compared to yesterday's close (1,442.21 points).

The arc of daily fluctuations extends over 12 points (from 1,437.84 to 1,449.49 points), with a turnover of 36 million euros, of which 451,000 euros are related to a pre-agreed package in Jumbo.

The banking index is making efforts to halt the two-day strong losses, and as a result is at +0.09% and 1,262 points.

The share of National Bank is up +0.81% and 8.182 euros, Eurobank's share is up +0.64% and 2.034 euros, Piraeus' share is almost unchanged at 3.625 euros, and Alpha Bank's share is down -1.21% and 1.5945 euros.

In the high-cap index (-0.26% and 3,482 points), Coca - Cola's share folds to -2.8% and 31 euros, due to the dividend cut. Shares of Sarantis - Hellaktor - Autohellas also show losses of 1%. On the flip side, shares of GEK Terna expand by 1%, with Cenergy's shares recovering to +2.2% and EUR 8.6. Terna Energy, PPC, Viohalco and Titan follow at least at +0.5%.

As for the mid-cap index (-0.20% and 2,315 points), Intracom's shares remain under pressure after the deal for Europe Insurance, sliding to -3% and 3.5 euros. HKE, Profile and Dimand are down more than 1%. In contrast, Intrakat's shares are up +1.1% and EUR 5.1. Intralot's shares follow at +0.9%.