
The Athens Stock Exchange reacted today (4/2), with buyers stopping the sellers' momentum and stabilizing the Greek market at the safe levels of 1,520 points.
In this environment, in the second session of the week, the General Index recorded a cautious increase of +0.88% and stood at 1,520.82 points, gaining about 13.5 points compared to Monday's close (1,507.50 points).
The arc of daily fluctuations was fixed at nine points (from 1,512.67 to 1,521.02 points), with a trading turnover of 172.4 million euros, of which 51.7 million euros related to pre-agreed packages.
It is worth noting that packages worth approximately 29 million euros “passed” to Trade Estates' shares, where the main shareholder, namely Fourlis, proceeded with the transfer of 16% of the share capital at a price of 1.5 euros/share. The aim of this move was to reduce the parent company's stake below 50% in order to avoid the obligation to consolidate the balance sheets and to highlight the value of the trading portfolio (IKEA, Intersport, H&B).
The banking index, after Monday's dynamic “crash” (-4%), managed to return to positive territory, ending at +1.00% and 1,371 points.The share of Piraeus, which is “starring” in the scenarios for Helleinc General Insurance, expanded to +2.58% and 4.262 euros, the share of Alpha followed at +1.00% and 1.71 euros, the share of National Bank traded at +0.64% and 8.20 euros, while the share of Eurobank moved +0.30% and 2.326 euros.The picture on the board
In the high-cap index (+0.92% and 3,703 points), Coca-Cola shares climbed +1.1% and 34.4 euros, equaling last year's 5.5-year highs.Jumbo - AIA shares also recorded dynamic growth, expanding by +2.1% and +1.8%, respectively.Beyond that, shares of OPAP, PPC and Helleniq Energy closed with an increase of more than +1%.Shares of ELVALHALKOR and Viohalco, which suffered an extensive “loss” yesterday, recovered sparingly by +0.1% and +0.8% respectively.On the flip side, GEK Terna's shares retreated by -0.6%.As for the mid-cap index (+0.95% and 2,407 points), Fourlis' stakes in Trade Estates, despite the discount, boosted the shares of the two listed companies, which stood out at +2.8% and +0.8% respectively.
At the same time, shares of ADMIE, Austriacard and Intralot recovered around +2%, while shares of Techniki Olympiaki, PPA, Quest,