Stock prices closed with a strong rise in today’s session of the Stock Exchange, the first session after the Easter holidays, with the market breaking upwards and the levels of 1,470 points, closing at new 13-year highs.

From the high capitalization, the shares of Ethniki, Elvalhalcor, Viohalco and Titan outperformed. The General Price Index closed at 1,473.53 points, marking an increase of 1.47%. It is the highest close since the April 14, 2011 session (1,487.76 points).

Intra-sessionally it recorded a higher price at 1,475.93 units (+1.63%). Since the beginning of 2024 the main stock market index is up 13.95%.

The rise in share prices was also accompanied by a significant increase in turnover.

The value of the transactions amounted to 212.333 million euros, while 42,973,248 shares were traded. The large-cap index gained 1.67%, while the mid-cap index gained 0.17%.

Of the high capitalization shares, the biggest increase was recorded by the shares of Ethniki (+4.23%), Elvalhalcor (+3.70%), Viohalco (+3.60%), Titan (+2.73 %), Alpha Bank (+2.26%) and Coca Cola HBC (+2.01%). On the contrary, the biggest fall was recorded by the shares of Sarantis (-2.03%), Quest Participations (-1.91%) and ELPE (-0.66%).

The largest volume of transactions was presented by Eurobank and Piraeus, trading 12,337,102 and 8,248,981 shares, respectively. The highest value of transactions was recorded by Nthniki with 36.38 million euros and Piraeus with 30.62 million euros. 62 stocks moved up, 40 fell and 19 remained stable. The biggest increase was recorded by the shares: Petropoulos +7.71% and Real Consulting +5.79%. The biggest drop was recorded by the shares: Chaidemenos -5.76% and Vogiatzoglou Systems -4.10%.

Stocks in the large-cap index closed as follows:

TITAN: 30.1000 +2.73%

ALPHA BANK: 1.6205 +2.21%

AEGEAN AIRLINES: 12.7900 +1.11%

VIOHALCO: 6.0500 +3.60%

GEK TERNA: 16.5800 unchanged

PPC: 11.3400 +1.61%

COCA COLA HBC:31.4200 +2.01%

ELLAKTOR: 2.6000 unchanged

ELPE: 8.3300 -0.66%

ELVALHALCOR: 2.0200 +3.70%

NATIONAL: 8.1400 +4.23%

EYDAP: 5.7800 -0.34%

EUROBANK: 2.0340 +0.69%

STOCK QUEST: 5.6400 -1.91%

LAMDA DEVELOPMENT: 6.9500 +1.31%

MOTOR OIL: 27.2400 +0.07%

JUMBO: 30.0000 +1.76%

MYTILINEOS: 39.0600 +2.25%

PPA:24.7500 unchanged

OPAP: 15.5700 +0.45%

OTE: 14.3000 +1.71%

AUTOHELLAS:12.7400 -0.31%

PIRAEUS: 3.7890 +0.99%

SARANTIS: 11.6000 -2.03%

TERNA ENERGY: 18.4600 +0.71%