The Athens Stock Exchange is attempting to return to positive territory today (19/9), with buyers trying to follow the positive sentiment abroad.

The Federal Reserve's aggressive 50 basis point rate cut is helping to improve sentiment slightly, while Europe is gaining about 1% and the Dow Jones is preparing to open up 250 points.

However, it is clear that the "weights" remain, which does not allow the Greek market to break out of the narrow 1,400-1,450 range that has plagued investors for 26 consecutive sessions.

Specifically, on the 4th day of the week, the General Index is up slightly by 0.13% to 1,421.31 points, gaining almost two points compared to Wednesday's close (1,419.50 points).

The arc of daily fluctuations extends over three points (from 1,421.07 to 1,424.61 points), with a turnover of 3 million euros, of which 975,000 euros are related to a pre-agreed package in TenerG.

On the board, now, Piraeus shares are up +0.55% and 3.813 euros, Eurobank shares are up +0.51% and 1.98 euros, Alpha shares are trading +0.19% and 1.5715 euros, while NBG shares are almost unchanged at 7.3 euros.

In the high-cap index (+0.27% and 3,448 points), Titan Cement's share climbs by 1% and approaches 33 euros again. Close to +1%, the PPC share also rises, while the shares of Helleniq Energy, Lamda, Metlen, and Viohalco gain 0.5%. On the other hand, Aegean's shares retreat -0.8% and 10.6 euros.

As for the mid-cap index (+0.27% and 2,311 points), without any stock that particularly stands out, attention is mainly focused on Intralot, which is up +0.7% and 1.13 euros. Optima, Lavipharm, Fourlis, and Dimand follow at +0.5%. On the flip side, Kri Kri shares correct from consecutive historical records, retracing -0.7% and EUR 13.3. Thrace Plastics and Ideal both lose 0.5%.