Stock prices fell on the stock market as investors liquidated to lock in some of the high short-term profits.

The market retreated after rallying in the previous three sessions during which the main stock index had posted big gains of 6.65%, hitting new nine-year highs.

International markets are also moving lower, as concerns about the risk of a US debt crash intensify.

The General Price Index closed at 1,191.83 points, down 1.12%.

Intra-sessionally it recorded a lower price at 1,190.73 points (-1.21%).

The value of transactions amounted to 146.59 million euros, while 37,954,389 shares were traded.

The large-cap index fell 1.54%, while the mid-cap index fell 0.66%.

Of the large capitalization shares, the biggest increase was recorded by the shares of Quest Participations (+9.27%), Aegen Arlines (+3.53%), Ellactor (+3.12%) and GEK TERNA +1 .85%.

On the contrary, the largest decline was recorded by the shares of Elvalhalcor (-5.61%), Eurobank (-4.05%), Mytileneos (-3.05%), Ethniki (-2.65%) and Alpha Bank (-2.64%).

Of the individual indices, the largest increase was recorded by the indices of Health (+1.99%) and Technology (+1.15%), while the largest losses were recorded by the indices of Banks (-2.96%), Industrial Products (-2.55%) and Raw Materials (-2.07%).

The largest volume of transactions was presented by Alpha Bank and Eurobank, trading 9,980,015 and 7,383,761 shares, respectively.

The highest value of transactions was recorded by Nthniki with 42.43 million euros and Piraeus with 15.11 million euros.

35 stocks moved up, 67 fell and 17 remained stable.

The biggest increase was registered by the shares: Quest Participations +9.27% ​​and Progressive +8.23%.

The biggest drop was registered by the shares: Akritas -6.40% and Vioter -5.66%.

The stocks in the large cap index closed as follows:

TITAN: 15.9800 -2.20%

ALPHA BANK: 1.3485 -2.64%

AEGEAN AIRLINES: 8.8000 +3.53%

AUTOHELLAS: 14.0200 unchanged

VIOHALCO: 5.0500 -0.98%

GEK TERNA: 13.2400 +1.85%

PPC: 9.3650 -0.69%

COCA COLA HBC: 28.8200 -0.69%

ELLAKTOR: 2.1500 +3.12%

ELPE: 7.5800 -0.52%

ELVALHALCOR: 1.6840 -5.61%

NATIONAL: 5.8100 -2.65%

EYDAP: 6.5200 -1.21%

EUROBANK: 1.4930 -4.05%

STOCK QUEST: 5.6600 +9.27%

LAMDA DEVELOPMENT: 5.8300 -0.85%

MOTOR OIL: 21.9000 -2.41%

JUMBO: 22.3200 -0.80%

MYTILINEOS: 28.5600 -3.05%

PPA: 19.3400 -0.82%

OPAP: 16.2300 -0.31%

OTE: 14.1000 -0.63%

PIRAEUS: 2.7500 -1.79%

SARANTIS: 7.2000 -0.41%

TERNA ENERGY: 20.1000 +0.50%