The stock market closed marginally higher in the last session of the first week of 2024, as share prices managed to recover their initial losses towards the close of trading. The market proved resilient to the bearish sentiment of European markets, which retreated after the announcement of data from Eurostat which showed a resurgence of inflation in the Eurozone.

The shares of PPC and Viohalco stood out from the high capitalization.

The General Price Index closed at 1,311.67 points, marking a marginal increase of 0.06%.

Intra-sessionally it recorded a lower price at 1,302.66 points (-0.63%).

On a weekly basis, the main stock index registered a gain of 1.43%.

The value of the transactions amounted to 74.85 million euros, while 18,033,737 shares were traded.

The large-cap index closed flat, while the mid-cap index rose marginally by 0.03%.

Of the large capitalization shares, the biggest increase was recorded by the shares of PPC (+3.12%), Viohalco (+2.65%), PPA (+1.72%) and Autohellas (+1.03 %).

On the contrary, the largest decline was recorded by the shares of Ellaktor (-2.21%), Elvalhalcor (-1.63%), Quest (-1.44%) and Jumbo (-1.29%).

The largest volume of transactions was presented by Alpha Bank and Eurobank, trading 2,939,025 and 2,679,072 shares, respectively.

The highest value of transactions was recorded by Nthniki with 9.16 million euros and Piraeus with 6.80 million euros.

50 stocks moved up, 48 fell and 18 remained stable.

The biggest increase was recorded by the shares: Chaidemenos +12.31% and Vidavo +9.60%.

The biggest drop was recorded by the shares: Doppler -10.00% and Trastor -5.22%.

Stocks in the large-cap index closed as follows:

TITAN: 21.2000 -0.47%

ALPHA BANK: 1.5500 -0.32%

AEGEAN AIRLINES: 11.4800 +0.53%

VIOHALCO: 5.8000 +2.65%

GEK TERNA: 13.1400 +0.31%

PPC: 11.9100 +3.12%

COCA COLA HBC:26.5700 +0.34%

ELLAKTOR: 2.6500 -2.21%

ELPE: 7.3900 -0.40%

ELVALHALCOR: 2.1100 -1.63%

NATIONAL: 6.4500 +0.44%

EYDAP: 6.0400 +0.50%

EUROBANK: 1.6100 -0.98%

STOCK QUEST: 5.4600 -1.44%

LAMDA DEVELOPMENT: 7.1800 unchanged

MOTOR OIL: 23.9400 -0.75%

JUMBO: 24.5000 -1.29%

MYTILINEOS: 36.7800 -0.59%

PPA:23.6000 +1.72%

OPAP: 15.6400 -0.76%

OTE: 13.4500 +0.52%

AUTOHELLAS:13.0600 +1.08%

PIRAEUS: 3.2900 +0.98%

SARANTIS: 8.3200 -0.36%

TERNA ENERGY: 15.9000 +0.25%