The Athens Stock Exchange continues to gain speed as it seeks to extend its upward streak and conquer technical zones that will give it further impetus, while the positive climate in global markets is maintained. In particular, the General Index is moving at 1,434 points with a 0.96% increase and turnover at 15 million euros, while 3 million pieces have been traded.

The banking index is up 1.5% to 1,234 points, the FTSE is up 1% to 3,490 points, and the mid-cap FTSEM is up 0.57% to 2,310 points. With a four-day bullish streak that intensified yesterday with a 2% increase, the market quickly regained the lost ground of the GC's correction against the backdrop of the global decline amid geopolitical tension between Iran and Israel.

In the movements of the day, buyers' interest is focused on banks, especially National Bank which lagged yesterday but is up +3.3% today, while Alpha is up 1.1%, Eurobank is up 1% and Piraeus is up 1.4%. PPC picks up where it ended yesterday with a new rise of 1.25%, Mytilineos and Jumbo are up 1% and 0.8% respectively and OPAP is up 0.4%. Topping the FTSE after NBG, is Titanas with a 2.8% jump, ELPE is up 1.2%, while Autohellas continues down -0.9% as it has been trading without dividend rights since yesterday.

In the mid-cap sector Ideal stands out with a 3.3% jump after it came to an agreement to sell 100% of Astir to Guala, Thrace Plastics is up 1.5% after its results and Intralot is up 0.5%, while Epsilon is down 0.7% and Fourlis is down 0.6%.