The Athens Stock Exchange is looking to return to positive territory, overcoming the pressure of Alpha due to the dividend cut, while the international investment mood shows signs of recovery.

Specifically, the General Index moves at 1,468.8 points with a slight increase of 0.35% and turnover at 35 million euros, while 9 million pieces have been traded.

The banking index is down 0.4% at 1,294 points, while the FTSE is up 0.32% at 3,568 points, and the mid-cap FTSEM is up 0.5% at 2,325 points.

European indices are gradually stabilizing on an upward trajectory today and in this climate, Athens L. is looking to get back into positive territory and thus gain the week's sign, as the GC entered its last session with just -0.04%.

Note that after Eurobank yesterday, Apha Bank shares are currently trading without the dividend of EUR 0.02602 (Ethniki takes its turn on Monday).

PICTURE ON BOARD

In the day's trading, the banking sector lags, with Alpha at -1.8% after the dividend, NBG at -0.5%, and Alpha at -0.3%, while Piraeus is positively diversified at +0.3%.

At the top of the FTSE are Metlen and PPC with gains of around 1.8%, with Jumbo up +1% and Lambda up +1.1% following the sale of 5 plots of land in Elliniko for €106 million.

Also strongly up with gains of more than 1% are Aegean and AIA but with limited turnover, while OPAP is moving +0.5% with recorded transactions of more than 4.6 million.

Apart from banks, Cenergy, EYDAP and Ellaktor are slightly down on the 25, too. 

In the lower layers, Optima stands out with +1.3% and Kri Kri with +1.8%, while Softweb's shares are on limit down at -10% with a turnover of 50k.