The Athens Stock Exchange continues to be highly volatile, which in the last 10 days has lost about 4% and has found itself in the region of 1,440 points.

The assimilation of gains is dominant in today's session as well, with the result that the positive trend in the first 20 days of May has been completely reversed. Somehow, the monthly sign is now negative.

Today, meanwhile, investors are waiting for the rebalancing of the MSCI indices on the one hand, which is expected to boost turnover, and on the other hand for Fitch's oracle, which may upgrade the outlook.

More specifically, in today's session, the General Index is down a subtle 0.09% to 1,438.61 points, losing one point compared to Thursday's close (1,439.91 points).

The arc of daily fluctuations extends over two points (from 1,438.43 to 1,440.78 points), with the turnover of transactions ranging at 4 million euros.

On the board, now, OPAP shares are up more than 1% and are approaching 15 euros. Cenergy, Intracom and PPA are also on the upside, while controlled pressure is being exerted on National Bank, which is folding towards 8 euros.

The banking index continues the volatility pattern of the last few days, moving -0.07% to 1,257 points.

The share of National Bank retreats to -0.59% and 8,072 euros, Alpha Bank's share strengthens to +0.70% and 1,586 euros, Piraeus' share rises to +0.52% and 3,649 euros, while Eurobank's share is almost stable at -0.15% and 2,032 euros.