The Athens Stock Exchange is under new pressure, which continues its sideways-bottomward movement after yesterday's upward break, putting the supports of 1,436 units under test.
More specifically, in today's session, the General Index is down significantly by 1.15% to 1,430.75 points, losing at least 16.5 points compared to Monday's close (1,447.41 points).
The arc of daily fluctuations extends to 20 points (from 1,426.37 to 1,446.42 points), with a turnover of 41 million euros, of which 4.8 million euros are pre-agreed packages.
On the board, banking stocks are now down by up to 2%, with Piraeus and Alpha Bank being the focus of pressure. Helleniq Energy, PPC, and OPAP, at the same time, are folding around 1.5%.
The banking index is under considerable pressure, with the result that it is at -1.65% and 1,243 points, about 8% away from this year's multi-year highs.
Piraeus shares are down -2.06% and 3.622 euros; Alpha Bank shares, which are going public with a 500 million euro bond, are down -1.96% and 1.549 euros; National Bank shares are trading -1.48% and 7.98 euros; and Eurobank shares, which announced a public offer to Hellenic Bank of Cyprus, are down -1.22% and 2.022 euros.
In the high-cap index (-1.14% and 3,456 points), OPAP's shares are shrinking by at least 2% and folding at 14.5 euros. EYDAP, Elvalhalcor, Viohalco, and Autohellas also record losses of more than 2%. Beyond that, shares of Helleniq Energy, Jumbo, Quest, Aegean, GEK Terna, Ellaktor, and Terna Energy lose between 1% and 1.8%. Mytilineos' shares, meanwhile, are unchanged at 36.6 euros. On the contrary, Sarantis' shares are up 1.6%.
As for the mid-cap index (+1.08% and 2,324 points), the PPA share stands out negatively at -2.3% and 25.2 euros. The shares of HKE, Fourlis, Lavipharm, and Intralot follow with a decline of up to 2%. At the same time, Alumyl, Kri Kri, Techniki Olympiaki, and Austriacard are down by at least 1%. A special mention should be made of Eurosymbouloi SA, whose shares soar +3% thanks to the high backlog and the acquisition scenarios.
