The Athens market is showing a corrective trend, with sellers holding firmly the reins of trading but without intensity in their movements. 

In particular, the General Index is moving at 1,448.9 points, with a drop of 0.65% 

Turnover stands at 49 million but 17.5 million are pre-agreed transactions, mainly in OPAP (13.8 million through two packages) with a trading volume of 8.1 million units.

The banking index is down 0.3% at 1,288 points, the FTSE high cap is down 0.75% at 3,530 points, and the FTSEM mid cap is down -0.35% at 2,302 points.

Only 4 stocks are moving up on the FTSE, with GEK TERNA the best performer with a gain of just 0.45%, while AIA and TERNA Energy are marginally in the green with gains of less than 0.15%.

In banks, NBG is attempting to diversify with a small gain of 0.35%, Piraeus is hovering around unchanged, Alpha is down 0.3%, and Eurobank is down 0.8%.

It is indicative of the corrective mood of the day that sellers are targeting Lambda, which has gained almost 11% in July and is currently trading at -2%.

PPC is also down 1.8%, Metlen is down 1.6%, Jumbo is down 1.5%, OTE and Titanas are down 1.3%, and Aegean, Elvalhalcor, Motor Oil, ELPE, and Sarantis are all down around 1.1%.

OPAP, which is at the top of the turnover with the large caps, is gently down at 15.51 euros with -0.6%.

In the mid-cap sector, against the mood of the day, Profilie rallies 3.8% and Kri Kri is up 1.3%, while Intralot continues down today with -1%.

Attica Bank's share price sheds up to 3.2% (EUR 13.45) and now slightly strengthens by 0.7% (EUR 14) amid continued volatility ahead of the approval of the merger with Pancreta Bank.