Stock prices moved upward in the first session of 2024, with the market registering significant gains and exceeding the 1,300 level. At the center of investment interest, from the high capitalization, were the shares of PPC and Piraeus.

The General Price Index closed at 1,307.63 points, marking an increase of 1.12%.

Intra-sessionally it recorded a higher price at 1,311.86 units (+1.45%).

The value of transactions amounted to 69.37 million. euros, while 21,826,216 shares were traded.

The large-cap index gained 1.26%, while the mid-cap index gained 0.87%.

Of the high capitalization shares, the biggest increase was recorded by the shares of PPC (+4.93%), Piraeus (+3.00%), Lamda Development (+2.96%), Elvalhalcor (+2. 70%), Ellactor (+2.35%), OTE (+1.78%) and Ethniki (+1.59%).

On the contrary, the largest decline was recorded by the shares of Sarantis (-1.19%), Quest Participations (-0.71%) and Titan (-0.70%).

The largest volume of transactions was presented by Intralot and Alpha Bank, trading 8,939,912 and 3,080,315 shares, respectively.

The highest value of transactions was recorded by Intralot with 9.98 million euros and National with 6.38 million euros.

79 stocks moved up, 31 fell and 13 remained stable.

The biggest increase was recorded by the shares: Mouzakis (k) +9.72% and Hekter +8.93%.

The biggest fall was registered by the shares: Lanakam(k) -4.63% and Akritas -4.03%

Stocks in the large-cap index closed as follows:

TITAN: 21.3000 -0.70%

ALPHA BANK: 1.5470 +0.52%

AEGEAN AIRLINES: 11.3600 +0.18%

VIOHALCO: 5.2900 +0.57%

GEK TERNA: 13.1400 -0.15%

PPC: 11.7100 +4.93%

COCA COLA HBC: 26.5000 +0.30%

ELLAKTOR: 2.6100 +2.35%

ELPE: 7.2900 +0.14%

ELVALHALCOR: 1.9000 +2.70%

NATIONAL: 6.3900 +1.59%

EYDAP: 6.1400 +0.82%

EUROBANK: 1.6290 +1.18%

STOCK QUEST: 5.5800 -0.71%

LAMDA DEVELOPMENT: 6.9600 +2.96%

MOTOR OIL: 24.0000 +1.01%

JUMBO: 25.1000 -0.08%

MYTILINEOS: 37.1600 +1.25%

PPA: 23.2000 unchanged

OPAP: 15.5500 +1.17%

OTE: 13.1300 +1.78%

AUTOHELLAS: 12.8600 +0.63%

PIRAEUS: 3.2960 +3.00%

SARANTIS: 8.2800 -1.19%

TERNA ENERGY: 16.0700 +1.07%