The Athens stock market shows inability to react after yesterday's strong fall, with the General Index taking a negative slope again and seeing critical supports threatened as sellers in banks return and pressures on mid caps continue unabated.

Specifically, the General Index which attempted to move slightly higher to 1,395.84 points (+0.14%) is now retreating to 1,385.4 points with a 0.6% decline.

The banking index is under the most pressure with a 1.18% drop to 1,156 points, the FTSE is down 0.56% to 3,334 points, as is mid-cap FTSEM at 2,288 points down -1.3%.