The Athens Stock Exchange gives a strong response to the liquidations of the previous days, with investors placing a barrage of buy orders, bringing the General Index back to the 1,450-point area.

More specifically, in today's session, the General Index is up a significant 1.31% to 1,450.54 points, gaining about 19 points compared to Friday's close (1,431.84 points).

The arc of daily fluctuations extends to 19 points (from 1,436.80 to 1,455.57 points), with a turnover of 40 million euros, of which 11 million euros are pre-agreed packages.

On the board, bank shares, which have been the protagonists of the downward movement, are currently up to +3%, with Alpha and Piraeus in a leading position. OPAP and OTE, meanwhile, follow with gains in excess of 1.5%.

The banking index is taking centre stage, with the banking index moving +2.04% and 1,266 points.

Piraeus shares expand to +2.72% and 3.706 euros, Alpha Bank shares follow at +2.68% and 1.5925 euros, National Bank shares trade at +1.95% and 8.136 euros; and Eurobank shares rise to +1.19% and 2.036 euros.

In the high-cap index (+1.47% and 3,504 points), OTE shares are up +1.5% and 13.6 euros, while shares of OPAP, Motor Oil, Titan Cement, Lamda and Coca-Cola follow at least +1%. For their part, shares of Helleniq Energy, Quest and Jumbo soar more than 2%, with Sharantis shares climbing +3.8% and 11.4 euros. In contrast, Cenergy retracts by about 1.5%.

As for the mid-cap index (+0.51% and 2,356 points), the shares of EXAE stand out at +2.6% and 5.04 euros, with Ideal's shares gaining +2.5% and returning to 6 euros. Profile and PPA are up more than 2%, with shares of Alumyl and Lavipharm following at +1%. On the flip side, shares of Thrace Plastics lose 2.3%, as it trades without the right to the supplementary dividend as of today. Intracom is also down 2.3%.