The initial upward reaction failed to consolidate and sellers have now taken the lead in today's Athens Exchange session, confirming the estimates that yesterday's close just below the support level of 1,386 points, leaves the way open for lower levels.

The General Index at 13:45 was at 1,379.89 points, down 0.27% with the value of transactions above 51 million euros. Earlier, it had reached a higher value of 1,394.08 points (+0.75%).

The large-cap index declines by 0.23%, while the mid-cap index falls by 0.33%. The banking index has turned down again by 0.25% to 1,60.7 points with ETE recording significant losses of 1.21%, Eurobank losing 0.17%, while gains are limited for Alpha and Piraeus.

Among the other high-cap stocks, the biggest decline was recorded by Motor Oil, Jumbo, and Quest Symmetries. On the contrary, the biggest increase is recorded in the shares of PPC, Aegean, Sarantis, and Titan.