High volatility and “battles” of sellers-buyers characterized the market picture in today’s session of the Stock Exchange with the main stock market index closing marginally lower, holding the levels of 1,200 points which it had previously lost.

The market may have covered the initially lost ground, but it closed with a negative sign, albeit a marginal one, for the fourth consecutive session with total losses of 4.65%.

The General Price Index closed at 1,200.04 points, marking a marginal drop of 0.02%.

Intra-sessionally it fluctuated in a range of 22.53 units. It recorded a low of 1,182.89 points (-1.45%) and a high of 1,205.42 points (+0.43%).

The value of transactions amounted to 109.81 million euros, while 29,010,251 shares were traded.

The large-cap index rose 0.30%, while the mid-cap index fell 1.76%.

Of the high capitalization shares, the biggest increase was recorded by the shares of ELPE (-2.89%), OTE (+2.41%), Jumbo (+2.26%), GEK TERNA (+2, 23%), Mytileneos (+1.36%) and Ethniki (+1.13%).

On the contrary, the biggest fall was recorded by the shares of Sarantis (-2.25%), Piraeus (-1.85%), Ellactor (-1.68%), Viohalco (-1.56%), Coca Cola HBC (-1.40%) and EYDAP (-1.37%).

Of the individual indices, the largest increase was recorded by the indices of Health (+2.40%), Telecommunications (+2.38%) and Personal Products (+2.21%), while the indices of Technology (-4.55%) and Raw Materials (-1.06%).

The largest volume of transactions was presented by Alpha Bank and Piraeus, trading 8,022,496 and 6,253,792 shares, respectively.

The highest transaction value was recorded by Piraeus with 16.65 million euros and National with 12.27 million euros.

40 stocks moved up, 65 fell and 12 remained stable.

The biggest increase was recorded by the shares: Mathios +5.38% and ELPE +2.89%.

The biggest drop was recorded by the shares: Xylemporia(p) -24.40% and Epsilon Net -15.78%.

Stocks in the large cap index closed as follows:

TITAN: 16.8000 -0.83%

ALPHA BANK: 1.2925 +0.70%

AEGEAN AIRLINES: 10.9000 unchanged

VIOHALCO: 5.6700 -1.56%

GEK TERNA: 12.8600 +2.23%

PPC: 9.4000 -1.05%

COCA COLA HBC:26.0900 -1.40%

ELLAKTOR: 2.0500 -1.68%

ELPE: 7.4700 +2.89%

ELVALHALCOR: 1.7860 -0.78%

NATIONAL: 5.3820 +1.13%

EYDAP: 5.7700 -1.37%

EUROBANK: 1.4550 -0.07%

STOCK QUEST: 5.7900 -0.34%

LAMDA DEVELOPMENT: 5.8300 +0.52%

MOTOR OIL: 23.1000 +0.35%

JUMBO: 25.3600 +2.26%

MYTILINEOS: 35.6800 +1.36%

PPA:21.0000 -1.18%

OPAP: 15.6100 -1.01%

OTE:13.6100 +2.41%

AUTOHELLAS:13.0000 +2.04%

PIRAEUS: 2.6500 -1.85%

SARANTIS: 7.4000 -2.25%

TERNA ENERGY: 15.05