The Athens Stock Exchange has set its sights on the 4th consecutive negative session, which is fighting to defend the 1,436-point support -without much success so far.

More specifically, in today's session, the General Index is down slightly by 0.55% to 1,431.94 points, losing about eight points compared to Thursday's close (1,439.91 points).

The arc of daily fluctuations extends to nine points (from 1,431.53 to 1,440.78 points), with a turnover of 45 million euros, of which 1.6 million euros are pre-agreed packages.

The banking index continues the sideways movement of the last few days, retreating -1.38% and 1,240 points.

The share of National Bank is limited to -1.95% and 7.9612 euros, Alpha Bank's share follows at -0.95% and 1.56 euros, Piraeus' share decreases to -0.94% and 3.596 euros, while Eurobank's share trades at -1.47% and 2.005 euros.

In the high-cap index (-0.72% and 3,457 points), OTE and Motor Oil are down 1% each, with EYDAP and Jumbo also down 1%. Controlled pressure is also being exerted on shares of Terna Energy, Lamda and Autohellas, which are down by up to 0.8%. On the other hand, Cenergy's shares climb by 3.3% and return close to their historic high of EUR 9. Viohalco's shares, meanwhile, follow at +0.8%.

As for the mid-cap index (+0.27% and 4,053 points), PPA's shares stand out positively at +5.77% and 25.6 euros, thanks to the resilient first quarter figures. Intralot's share, for its part, expands by 2.5% to 1.13 euros. On the opposite side, Lavipharm's share shrinks by 1.5%. The shares of Kri Kri, ABAX and Premia are also down by around 1%.