Stock prices closed slightly lower in the first session of the week on the Stock Exchange, with the market retreating below 1,250 units, although in most trades it moved upwards.

The share of Ethniki closed with significant gains of 1.96%, registering a high turnover that exceeded 58 million euros.

The General Price Index closed at 1,248.63 points, registering a small drop of 0.14%. Intra-sessionally it recorded a higher price at 1,260 units (+0.76%) and a lower price at 1,245.38 units (-0.40%).

The value of transactions rose at 138.08 million euros, while 29,538,655 shares were traded.

The large-cap index fell 0.11%, while the mid-cap index gained 0.35%.

Of the high capitalization shares, the biggest increase was recorded by the shares of PPA (+4.22%), Viohalco (+3.11%), Elvalhalcor (+2.12%), Ethniki (+1.96%) ), Mytileneos (+1.86%) and OTE (+1.50%).

On the contrary, the biggest fall was recorded by the shares of Piraeus (-2.99%), ELPE (-2.28%), Lamda Development (-1.94%), Aegean (-1.67%) and Sarantis (-1.29%).

Of the individual indices, the largest increase was recorded by the indices of Raw Materials (+2.28%) and Industrial Products (+1.86%), while the greatest losses were recorded by the indices of Real Estate (-1.33%) and Travel (-0.99%).

The largest volume of transactions was presented by National Bank and Alpha Bank, trading 9,474,423 and 4,679,866 shares, respectively.

The highest value of transactions was recorded by National Bank with 58.80 million euros and OTE with 14.69 million euros.

46 stocks moved up, 59 fell and 23 remained stable.

The biggest increase was recorded by the shares: MIG +16.59% and Xylemporia (p) +12.75%.

The biggest drop was registered by the shares: SATO -5.71% and Frigoglass -5.26%.

Stocks in the large-cap index closed as follows:

TITAN: 19.0800 -0.21%

ALPHA BANK: 1.5140 -0.07%

AEGEAN AIRLINES: 11.7800 -1.67%

VIOHALCO: 5.6400 +3.11%

GEK TERNA: 13.4000 unchanged

PPC: 10.2000 -0.87%

COCA COLA HBC: 24.0200 -0.74%

ELLAKTOR: 2.2000 -1.12%

ELPE: 7.7200 -2.28%

ELVALHALCOR: 1.8280 +2.12%

NATIONAL: 6.2400 +1.96%

EYDAP: 5.9000 unchanged

EUROBANK: 1.6500 -1.20%

STOCK QUEST: 5.8700 -0.17%

LAMDA DEVELOPMENT: 6.5700 -1.94%

MOTOR OIL: 22.4400 +0.90%

JUMBO: 26.4200 -0.83%

MYTILINEOS: 35.0800 +1.86%

PPA: 22.2500 +4.22%

OPAP: 14.6200 -0.88%

OTE: 12.8500 +1.50%

AUTOHELLAS: 12.8400 -0.16%

PIRAEUS: 3.0460 -2.99%

SARANTIS: 8.3900 -1.29%

TERNA ENERGY: 15.4300 +1.45%