Investors continue to rise in today's Athens Stock Exchange session, despite the desire to consolidate short-term gains and the hesitancy observed in European markets.

Banking, energy, and other index-heavy sectors are primarily driving the domestic market's gradual return to the 1,500 level.

The General Index at 11:25 is at 1,486.19 points, up 0.25% with the value of transactions above 11 million euros. The high-cap index is marginally up 0.12%, while the mid-cap index is up 0.03%.

Mildly bullish on banks, with Alpha, Eurobank, ΝΒG around +0.3%, while Piraeus is marginally in the red with a large package worth 3.8 million.

Metlen is attempting to provide upward momentum as it gains 1%, with Motor Oil continuing at +0.75% and PPC at +0.5% having left the dividend cut behind.

On the other hand, OTE corrects -1% after yesterday's jump, and Aegean and Hellaktor move slightly lower at -0.5%.

In the lower layers, Attica Bank is buying at EUR 9.76 today at +7.5%, with Interlife at +2.7% after a turnover of EUR 50k since the first half hour.