Strong upward trends were recorded by stock prices at today’s meeting Stock Exchange, amid significant upward movement in European markets. At the center of the investment interest were the bank shares.

The General Price Index closed at 1,049.70 points, marking an increase of 2.16%.

The value of transactions amounted to 114.43 million euros, while 35,164,204 shares were traded.

The large-cap index gained 2.10%, while the mid-cap index gained 2.47%.

Of the high capitalization shares, the biggest increase was recorded by the shares of Ellactor (+7.34%), Alpha Bank (+5.26%), GEK TERNA (+5.24%), Piraeus (+5. 21%) and Quest Holdings (+5.04%).

On the contrary, the biggest fall was recorded by the shares of Jumbo (-6.89%, Jumbo’s shares were traded without the right to the extraordinary dividend of 1.1550 euros per share (net 1.09725 euros ) and Coca Cola HBC (-0 .25%).

Of the individual indices, the greatest increase was recorded by the indices of Constructions (+4.47%), Banks (+4.38%) and Oil (+3.94%), while losses were recorded by the indices of Personal Products ( -5.97%) and Food (-0.23%).

The largest volume of transactions was presented by Alpha Bank and Piraeus, trading 12,897,682 and 6,5000,431 shares, respectively.

The highest transaction value was recorded by OTE with 28.17 million euros and Alpha Bank with 14.86 million euros.

89 stocks moved up, 23 fell and 14 remained stable.

The biggest increase was recorded by the shares: Xylemporia (p) +13.04% and Space Hellas +9.00%.

The biggest drop was recorded by the shares: Akritas -11.76% and Vioter -9.09%.

The stocks in the large cap index closed as follows:

TITAN: 14.5000 +3.28%

ADMIE: 1.7600 +2.56%

ALPHA BANK: 1.1605 +5.26%

AEGEAN AIRLINES: 7.0700 +0.43%

VIOHALCO: 4.3100 +3.11%

GEK TERNA: 11.2400 +5.24%

PPC: 7.9900 +3.77%

COCA COLA HBC:24.3200 -0.25%

ELLAKTOR: 1.9600 +7.34%

ELPE: 7.6600 +2.13%

ELVALHALCOR: 1.5920 +2.18%

NATIONAL: 4.6400 +2.79%

EYDAP:6.7400 +0.75%

EUROBANK: 1.2950 +4.65%

STOCK QUEST: 4.9000+5.04%

LAMDA DEVELOPMENT: 5.8050 +1.40%

MOTOR OIL: 22.10000 +4.64%

JUMBO: 19.7200 -6.89%

MYTILINEOS: 24.9400 +0.97%

PPA: 18.8000 +1.51%

OPAP: 14.9000 +2.41%

OTE: 13.4600 +1.66%

PIRAEUS: 2.0200 +5.21%

SARANTIS: 6.7500 +0.90%

TERNA ENERGY: 18.8700 +3.06%