The Athens Stock Exchange managed to say goodbye to the week with a positive sign, putting out a mini reaction after the heavy losses of October.

The Greek market was boosted mainly by the "wounded" banking sector but also by the "green" sign abroad, where the interest is focused on both the quarter's corporate figures and next Tuesday's US presidential elections.

In this way, buyers have partly amused themselves by the impressions of the previous month's losses (-4.8%), which have taken Athens below 1,400 points but also below the moving average of the last 200 days (1,396 points).

Specifically, at the November open, the General Index posted a slight increase of 0.56% to 1,390.49 points, gaining about eight points compared to Thursday's close (1,382.68 points).

The arc of daily fluctuations was fixed at 13 points (from 1,383.89 to 1,396.00 points), with a turnover of 111 million euros, of which 27.9 million euros related to pre-agreed packages. 

On a weekly basis, the main stock index showed a subtle gain of less than 0.1%, with banks bid farewell to the 4-day period with a cumulative rise of around +2%.

The banking sector, having retreated by 8.3% in October, found its upward momentum again. Somehow, in Friday's session it ended up +2.08% and 1,170 points, "breaking away" from its 9-month lows.

Piraeus shares widened to +2.68% and EUR 3.53, Alpha shares followed at +1.52% and EUR 1.4005, NBG shares climbed to +2.73% and EUR 7.376, while Eurobank shares rose to +1.38% and EUR 1.916.

In the high-cap index (+0.85% and 3,359 points), OTE's shares, which were noticeably pressured yesterday, rose +2.1% and 15.5 euros, with Cenergy's shares soaring +2.99% and 8.96 euros, bridging the gap from 9 euros. Viohalco shares, after a seven-day downward streak, reacted at +2.3% and 5.2 euros, while Coca-Cola shares gained around 2.2%. On the flip side, Autohellas shares lost 2.6% and AIA shares corrected 1.4%, digesting the recent rise. Titan Cement, PPC, Ellaktor and Helleniq Energy retreated more than 1%, with the latter two returning near 12-month lows. The same was true for Motor Oil, which closed down -0.7% at EUR 19.5.

As for the mid-cap index (+0.14% and 3,266 points), PPA shares stood out at +4.1% and 28.8 euros, equaling multi-year highs thanks to strong Q3 figures. Lavipharm, EYATH and Fourlis rose at least 2%, with Quest shares following at +1.8%. In contrast, shares of Intrakat, Intralot and Thrace Plastics were down 1%, with shares of Ideal and Kri Kri losing 2% each.