The Athens Stock Exchange is trying to continue its 4-day bullish streak today (27/9), while the sentiment abroad remains supportive.
The Greek market, already counting gains of 3.2% for the week, is in the 1,470-unit range, having broken out of the narrow 1,400-1,450-unit range that was troubling investors.
The satisfactory corporate figures for the first half of the year, but primarily the expectations for the upcoming placement at the National Bank of Greece, are the main pillars of the positive movement, which has brought this year's return back above +13.7%.
Specifically, in the last session of the five-day period, the General Index is up marginally by 0.12% to 1,473.02 points, gaining about two points compared to Thursday's close (1,471.26 points).
The arc of the daily fluctuations extends over three points (from 1,471.40 to 1,474.34 points), with the turnover of transactions ranging at 6 million euros, of which 2.8 million euros are pre-agreed packages.
The banking index is now at -0.21% and 1,283 points after outperforming by +5.5% over the previous four days of the week.
NBG's shares, for which the placement offer book opens on Monday, are unchanged at 7.8 euros, Piraeus' shares are down -0.48% and 3.931 euros, Eurobank's shares retreat -0.28% and 2.11 euros, while Alpha's shares are limited to -0.34% and 1.6195 euros.
In the high-cap index (-0.01% and 3,589 points), Titan Cement's shares soar +2% and 35.7 euros, setting a new all-time high. Ellaktor and Elvalhalcor shares also show gains of 1%, while shares of Sarantis, GEK Terna, Viohalco, Helleniq Energy, and Coca-Cola follow at +0.5% to +0.7%. In contrast, Aegean shares lose 0.6% and fall back below EUR 11. OTE, EYDAP and PPC are down 0.5%.
As for the mid-cap index (+0.26% and 2,355 points), Kri Kri shares stand out at -2.6% and 13 euros, as investors try to close the discount from yesterday's placement for 3% of the share capital, which involved 1 million shares and was made at 12 euros. However, in addition to that, thanks to strong first-half financial results, EYATH jumps 3.5%, AΩAX rises 2.6%, and Dimand rises 1.8%.
