The Athens Stock Exchange starts the last session of the week on a stable note, with investors digesting the new 14-year high of 1,600 points.

Against this backdrop, the General Index declines imperceptibly by -0.01% to 1,600.77 points, almost unchanged from Thursday's close (1,600.97 points) and heading for its 8th consecutive up week.

The arc of daily fluctuations extends over three points (from 1,598.43 to 1,601.95 points), with the turnover of transactions hovering around 7 million euros before the first 20 minutes have even been completed.

The banking index, after yesterday's "peaks" of more than 9 years, is at -0.15% and 1,456 points, digesting the strong gains of 2025 (+13.4%).

Alpha's shares are up +0.68% and €1.86, Piraeus' shares follow at +0.30% and €4.674, Eurobank's shares trade at -0.20% and €2.455, while ΝΒG's shares fold at -0.84% and €8.528.

In the high-cap index (-0.04% and 3,920 points), Titan Cement's shares show gains at +1.1% and 43.6 euros, with Motor Oil's shares following at +0.9% and 22.4 euros (5-month high), heading for the 5th consecutive up session and receiving a boost from the Commission's subsidy for the hydrogen project. Metlen shares, meanwhile, are up +0.7% and 36.2 euros, hitting a new 5-month high, while Lamda, ELVALHALKOR and Viohalco shares are up +0.7%. On the flip side, Jumbo shares lose -1.3% and fall to 27.4 euros. It is recalled that 27.2 euros is the maximum limit for the equity program.

As for the mid-cap index (+0.14% and 2,530 points), Intracom shares stand out positively at +1.1% and 3.16 euros, with Profile, AVAX and Dimand shares following up to +0.9%. On the other hand, Fourlis shares are limited to -1.8% and 4.2 euros. Kri-Kri shares "turn around" from their historic highs of 16.7 euros, which retracts -0.6%.