Share prices closed down in the week’s final session amid lower European markets and a lower open on Wall Street as fears grew that the Fed would need to become more aggressive by raising interest rates further.

The General Price Index closed at 1,113.36 points, down 0.53%.

However, on a weekly basis, the main stock market index recorded an increase of 0.96%, completing ten consecutive weeks of increase, while since the beginning of the year it has recorded gains of 19.74%.

The value of transactions amounted to 113.49 million euros, while 34,198,488 shares were traded.

The high-cap index recorded a drop of 0.57%, while mid-cap index fell to 0.67%.

Of the high capitalization shares, the biggest increase was recorded by the shares of Piraeus (+0.77%), GEK TERNA (+0.68%), EYDAP (+0.56%) and Eurobank (+0. 43%). On the contrary, the largest decline was recorded by the shares of Ellactor (-2.30%), ELPE (-2.21%), OTE (-2.09%), Coca Cola HBC (-1.44%) and of Saranti (-1.40%).

Of the individual indices, the biggest increase was recorded by the indices of Insurance (+0.52%) and Trade (+0.35%), while the largest losses were recorded by the indices of Telecommunications (-2.09%), Food (-1.42%) and Petroleum (-1.41%).

The largest volume of transactions was presented by Alpha Bank and Piraeus, trading 10,417,880 and 5,153,439 shares, respectively.

The highest value of transactions was recorded by National Bank with 20.83 million euros and Alpha Bank with 14.49 million euros.

34 stocks moved up, 70 fell and 26 remained stable.

The biggest increase was recorded by the shares: Akritas +13.86% and Mathios Pyrimaha +6.63%. The biggest drop was recorded by the shares: Sato -15.69% and Tria Alpha(p) -10.17%.

The stocks in the large cap index closed as follows:

TITAN: 15.6800 -0.63%

ADMIE: 1.9060 -0.73%

ALPHA BANK: 1.4300 -1.38%

AEGEAN AIRLINES: 7.5000 +0.27%

VIOHALCO: 4.6000 -0.65%

GEK TERNA: 11.8600 +0.68%

PPC: 8.2000 +0.24%

COCA COLA HBC: 24.0400 -1.44%

ELLAKTOR: 2.1200 -2.30%

ELPE: 8.4100 -2.21%

ELVALHALCOR: 1.7900 -1.54%

NATIONAL: 5.1600 unchanged

EYDAP: 7.2000 +0.56%

EUROBANK: 1.4000 +0.43%

STOCK QUEST: 5.1100 -1.35%

LAMDA DEVELOPMENT: 6.4000 +0.39%

MOTOR OIL: 23.8400 -1.08%

JUMBO: 19.2300 -0.36%

MYTILINEOS: 25.0000 +0.40%

PPA: 18.5000 +0.54%

OPAP: 14.7500 -1.34%

OTE: 14.4900 -2.09%

PIRAEUS: 2.3550 +0.77%

SARANTIS: 7.0300 -1.40%

TERNA ENERGY: 19.3200 -1.02%