Stagnation prevails today (30/1) on the Athens Stock Exchange, with buyers and sellers fighting for the control of the bias.

The Greek market, in any case, remains at the highest levels of the last 14 years, just short of the critical resistances of 1,550 points, which have been ignored since April 2011. Besides, the rise in January exceeds +5%.

All this while investors' attention remains focused on the one hand on the successive business deals and on the other hand on the upcoming central bank verdict on the path of European interest rates, which seems to have taken a trajectory towards 2%.

Specifically, in the fourth session of the week, the General Index is up a subtle +0.02% to 1,546.26 points, almost unchanged from Wednesday's close (1,546.03 points).

The arc of daily fluctuations extends over three points (from 1,545.31 to 1,548.36 points), with a trading turnover of 2 million euros in the first 10 minutes.

The banking index, which is gaining more than +10% in January, is rushing to digest 9-year highs, resulting in -0.16% and 1,420 points.

NBG shares retreat -0.48% and 8.35 euros, Piraeus shares follow at -0.34% and 4.435 euros, Eurobank shares are almost unchanged at +0.04% and 2.431 euros, while Alpha shares rise +0.33% and 1.816 euros.

In the high-cap index (+0.03% and 3,779 points), Aegean's shares are trying to get back to 11 euros, as they are up +0.8% and 10.8 euros. Sarantis, Motor Oil, Cenergy and Coca-Cola expand by up to 0.8%, while Viohalco's shares continue above 6 euros, gaining +0.5%. At the same time, shares of Hellaktor, which today approves a capital repayment of 0.85 euros, are +0.44% and 2.2 euros. Conversely, OPAP's shares retreat -0.9% and 16.6 euros, with EYDAP's shares trailing -0.5% and 5.9 euros.