The Athens Stock Exchange is attempting to continue the upward reaction that it had yesterday, having on its side the improved international climate and the decline in oil prices.

Specifically, the General Index is moving at 1,375 points with an increase of 0.7% and turnover at 11.5 million while 1.5 million pieces have been traded. The banking index is up 0.45% to 1,169 points, the FTSE is up 0.7% to 3,334 points and the FTSEM mid-cap is up 1% to 2,221 points.

Banks, which underperformed yesterday, seem to be following the broader recovery sentiment today, with Alpha continuing its upward reaction with +0.6%.

Piraeus is up 0.8%, and National Bank slightly up 0.3%, while Eurobank is hovering around unchanged.

With two packages totaling €2.6 million Jumbo is up 1.2% after strong results announced yesterday with a net profitability of €303 million and a dividend proposal of 1 euro/share. Even better is Terna Energy with +1.95% and Mytilineos continues up +1.6% after Optima raised its target price to EUR 49 yesterday.

PPC recovers +1.4%, Lamda moves +1.1% after its own results, while OPAP is up 0.7% and OTE marginally up 0.1%.

The picture is similar in the mid-cap sector, with ADMIE continuing at +1.4% after rallying 5% yesterday, EXAE and Intracom are up 1.8% while Intralot moves with small losses.