The Athens Stock Exchange continues to move sideways, while investors continue to hold their breath amid wider nervousness abroad.

The Greek market, in this way, remains trapped in the narrow range of 1,420-1,450 points, unable to move convincingly towards the recent historical highs of 1,502 points.

Thus, in the 3rd session of the week, the General Index recorded a subtle increase of 0.12% to 1,427.81 points, gaining just 1.7 points compared to Tuesday's close (1,427.10 points).

The arc of the daily fluctuations extends over four points (from 1,425.78 to 1,429.91 points), with the turnover of the transactions ranging at 2.5 million in the first 15 minutes. 

Alpha's share strengthens +0.66% and EUR 1.53, NBG share decreases -0.29% and EUR 7.532, Piraeus share trades -0.36% and EUR 3.884, while Eurobank share retreats -0.45% and EUR 1.971.

In the high-cap index (+0.29% and 3,465 points), AIA's share rises by 0.8% and returns to 7.8 euros, thanks to the satisfactory first-half results. OTE, Titan Cement and Metlen shares also rise by more than 0.5%. On the opposite side, Coca - Cola shares, which yesterday reached a 4.5-year high, retreat to -1.1% and 33.7 euros. Lamda, Sarantis and EYDAP lose up to 0.8%.

As for the mid-cap index (-0.05% and 2,303 points), Profile shares stand out positively at +1.5% and 5.1 euros, with Fourlis shares following at +1% and 3.9 euros. At the same time, EXAE  is gaining around 0.9%. On the contrary, Intracom Holdings shares are down 1%, while the decline for Ideal - Intrakat shares is set at -0.6%.