With an obvious willingness for liquidations, which of course do not take on out-of-control dimensions, the Athens Stock Exchange continues its course, which succumbs to international pressures.

The risk appetite has been "trimmed" significantly, with the 1,450-point target temporarily put on ice, given the Greek market's inability to absorb exogenous losses and become autonomous from the course of the foreign ones.

Specifically, in the third session of the week and the month, the General Index recorded a notable decline of 1.20% to 1,428.78 points, losing 17 points compared to Tuesday's close (1,446.09 points).

The arc of daily fluctuations extends nine points (from 1,426.87 to 1,435.84 points), with a turnover of 60 million euros, of which 14.2 million euros are pre-agreed packages.

The banking index "bears" the brunt of the pressure, as it slides to -1.90% and 1,250 points, about 8% away from this year's highs of 1,354 points.

NBG shares retreat to -2.41% and 7.702 euros, Piraeus' shares narrow to -1.48% and 3.924 euros, Alpha's shares trade at -1.96% and 1.548 euros while Eurobank's shares fall to -1.90% and 2.011 euros.

In the high-cap index (-1.33% and 3,463 points), Metlen's shares retreat by 2% and fall below 34 euros. A similar range of pressure (-1.8%) is also seen in the PPC share, which retracts to 11.4 euros. The shares of Autohellas and Ellaktor, at the same time, lose up to 2.5%. The shares of Helleniq Energy, Jumbo, Lamda, Viohalco and EYDAP are also down by at least 1%. For its part, OPAP, after the 0.6 euro pre-dividend, is slightly reduced to -0.8%, while Aegean is up +0.3% to +0.3% and 11.3 euros, thanks to the deal with Volotea.

As for the mid-cap index (-0.94% and 2,315 points), Intralot's shares stand out at -1.7% and 1.16 euros, with EXAE and Lavipharm sliding more than +2%. Shares of Austriacard, Ideal, Intrakat, Quest (today's half-year financials), AVAX, Intracom, and PPA follow at least -1%. Profile shares, on the other hand, "withstand" the downward wave and are up +1.5%.