Stock prices closed at lower levels in today’s Stock Exchange session, as the market lost the upward momentum of the previous two sessions, during which the main index registered a total gain of 2.94%. Investors are taking short-term profits, driving the market below the 1,300 level, with turnover falling to lower levels.

The General Price Index closed at 1,293.73 points, down 0.52%. Intra-sessionally it recorded a higher price at 1,309.90 units (+0.73%) and a lower price at 1,292.34 units (-0.63%).

The value of the transactions amounted to 71.21 million euros, while 16,897,381 shares were traded.

The large-cap index fell 0.61%, while the mid-cap index fell 0.31%.

Of the large-cap stocks, the biggest gainers were Viohalco (+2.00%), Motor Oil (+0.98%), Eurobank (+0.93%) and Apha Bank (+0 .65%).

On the contrary, the biggest fall was recorded by the shares of Piraeus (-2.10%), Autohellas (-1.94%), Mytileneos (-1.93%), Aegean (-1.73%), Elvalhalcor (-1.63%), Jumbo (-1.45%) and Titan (-1.44%).

Of the individual indices, the Trade (+1.28%) and Oil (+0.59%) indices recorded the greatest increase, while the Financial Services indices (-2.05%) and the of Industrial Products (-1.74%).

The largest volume of transactions was presented by Alpha Bank and Eurobank, trading 3,815,281 and 3,556,771 shares, respectively.

The highest transaction value was recorded by Piraeus with 10.16 million euros and National with 9.41 million euros.

30 stocks moved up, 66 down and 24 remained stable.

The biggest increase was recorded by the shares: Frigoglass +6.42% and Chaidemenos +3.79%.

The biggest drop was registered by the shares: Agrotikos Oikos Spyros -9.09% and Unibios -5.12%.

The stocks in the large cap index closed as follows:

TITAN: 17.8000 -1.44%

ALPHA BANK: 1.5400 +0.65%

AEGEAN AIRLINES: 12.5000 -1.73%

VIOHALCO: 6.6400 +2.00%

GEK TERNA: 13.2400 +1.38%

PPC: 10.0200 -0.89%

COCA COLA HBC: 26.4000 -0.41%

ELLAKTOR: 2.3400 -0.85%

ELPE: 8.0600 -0.49%

ELVALHALCOR: 2.1150 -1.63%

NATIONAL: 6.4280 -0.80%

EYDAP: 6.5600 -0.61%

EUROBANK: 1.5790 +0.93%

STOCK QUEST: 6.0900 -1.14%

LAMDA DEVELOPMENT: 6.7450 -1.10%

MOTOR OIL: 22.7600 +0.98%

JUMBO: 28.5800 -1.45%

MYTILINEOS: 35.5800 -1.93%

PPA: 21.1500 -0.47%

OPAP: 15.1500 -1.11%

OTE: 14.1300 -1.19%

AUTOHELLAS: 13.1400 -1.94%

PIRAEUS: 3.2600 -2.10%

SARANTIS: 7.9500 +0.25%

TERNA ENERGY: 16.6400 -0.18%