Today's Athens Stock Exchange trading session was at a low tempo, with investors avoiding unnecessary risk and turning their attention to the important developments that follow.

The No. 1 issue, undoubtedly, concerns tomorrow's presidential elections, while the Fed's decision on the interest rate level will follow on Thursday.

In this environment, the Greek market has avoided risky positions, as equity exposure has not been a particularly popular tactic of late. Hence the stay below the 200-day moving average (1,396 points) and the psychological limit of 1,400 points.

Specifically, in the first session of the new week, the General Index recorded a subtle increase of 0.01% and stood at 1,390.65 points, remaining almost unchanged compared to Friday's close (1,390.49 points).

The arc of daily fluctuations was fixed at seven points (from 1,385.63 to 1,392.09 points), with a turnover of 66 million euros, of which 5.8 million euros related to pre-agreed packages. 

The banking index, in anticipation of new economic data (Thursday and Friday), accumulated strength at +0.38% and 1,175 points, remaining in positive territory for the second consecutive session.

Piraeus shares widened +1.93% and 3.598 euros, Eurobank shares followed at +1.09% and 1.94 euros, Alpha shares traded +0.04% and 1.401 euros, while ΝΒG shares declined -0.89 and 7.31 euros.

In the high-cap index (+0.10% and 3,362 points), the OPAP share slipped -2.8% and 15.2 euros, due to the cut-off of the dividend of 0.6 euros. Aegean's shares, at the same time, declined by 1.4% to EUR 9.75 (a 13-month low), while Cenergy and Helleniq Energy shares folded by 2% and 1%, respectively. Hellenctor and OTE each lost about 1.5%. On the flip side, PPC shares gained 1.2% and returned above 12 euros. Coca Cola and Titan, at the same time, gained at least 1%, with AIA shares following at +0.9% and 7.81 euros.