The pressure on banks did not allow the Athens Stock Exchange to "test" a possible breach of 1,440 points, with sellers outnumbering buyers, maintaining the stagnation pattern of the last few days.

More specifically, in the third session of the week, the General Index fell slightly by 0.50% to 1,425.36 points, losing seven points compared to Tuesday's close (1,432.46 points).

The arc of daily fluctuations was fixed at 15 points (from 1,424.99 to 1,439.51 points), with a turnover of 84 million euros, of which 2.7 million euros were pre-agreed packages.

Piraeus shares were reduced to -1.96% and 3.804 euros, Eurobank shares followed at -1.81% and 2.062 euros, NBG shares fell to -1.85% and 7.872 euros, while Alpha shares folded to -1.60% and 1.5645-euros.

In the high-cap index (-0.76% and 3,464 points), Coca-Cola shares climbed +3.7% and 33.2 euros in an attempt to return to this year's high of 34 euros. Cenergy's shares gained 1.5%, while Sarantis followed at +1.3%. On the flip side, Titan Cement shares continued their retreat for the 5th day, sliding -1.2% to EUR 31.6. Jumbo, Ellaktor, OPAP, and OTE lost up to 1.8%.

As for the mid-cap index (+0.04% and 2,282 points), Fourlis shares managed to stand out at +3.5% and 3.8 euros, recovering the 200 million euro mark thanks to the mega deal for the development of Foot Locker stores in the Balkans. Intrakat shares also gained 2.2%, returning to 5 euros. In contrast, shares in Intralot, Intrakat, Quest and Dimand retreated by at least 1%.