Stock prices closed with a slight decline in today’s Stock Exchange session, although in most of the transactions they moved slightly upwards.

The market presented a better picture compared to that of the European markets which recorded significant losses, despite the cut of dividends in several shares.

The General Price Index closed at 1,420.06 points, down 0.28%.

Intra-sessionally it recorded a higher price at 1,431.81 points (+0.55%) and a lower price at 1,419.17 points (-0.34%).

The value of transactions amounted to 157.09 million euros, while 40,099,118 shares were traded.

The large-cap index fell 0.31%, while the mid-cap index gained 0.46%.

Of the large capitalization shares, the biggest increase was recorded by the shares of Motor Oil (+3.54%), Coca Cola HBC (+1.82%), Eurobank (+1.33%) and OTE (+ 0.95%).

On the contrary, the largest decline was recorded by the shares of Titan (-5.39%), Piraeus (-2.57%), Ethniki (-2.49%) and GEK TERNA (-2.47%).

The shares of Optima Bank (0.44 euros), Titan (0.85 euros), HEXAE (0.24 euros), ElvalHalcor (0.04 euros), Viohalco ( 0.12 euros), Cenergy (0.08 euros), Quest Holdings (0.22 euros) and Intracom (0.05 euros).

The largest volume of transactions was presented by Eurobank and Alpha Bank, trading 11,093,340 and 8,198,799 shares, respectively.

The highest transaction value was recorded by Eurobank with 23.79 million euros and National Bank with 20.77 million euros.

45 stocks moved up, 64 down and 10 remained stable.

The biggest increase was recorded by the shares: Tria ‘Alfa (k) +9.32% and Kecrops +8.95%.

The biggest drop was recorded by the shares: Intercontinental International -29.88% and Progressive -9.42%

Stocks in the large-cap index closed as follows:

TITAN: 28.9500 -5.39%

ALPHA BANK: 1.4740 -1.83%

AEGEAN AIRLINES: 11.0200 -2.30%

VIOHALCO: 5.7800 -1.53%

GEK TERNA: 165600 -2.47%

AIA: 7.9800 -0.25%

PPC: 11.1800 -0.36%

COCA COLA HBC:32.4000 +1.82%

ELLAKTOR: 2.4650 -2.18%

ELPE: 7.9000 -0.50%

ELVALHALCOR: 1.7860 -1.98%

NATIONAL: 7.8200 -2.49%

EYDAP: 5.5500 +0.73%

EUROBANK: 2.1280 +1.33%

LAMDA DEVELOPMENT: 6.6100 -1.05%

MOTOR OIL: 25.1600 +3.54%

JUMBO: 27.0000 unchanged

MYTILINEOS: 36.2400 unchanged

PPA:25.4500 -2.12%

OPAP: 14.4700 -0.62%

OTE: 13.7900 +0.95%

AUTOHELLAS:11.4000 -2.40%

PIRAEUS: 3.3740 -2.57%

SARANTIS: 11.0000 +0.73%

TERNA ENERGY: 19.3700 +0.10%