Upward trends, with increased turnover, were recorded by share prices in today’s Stock Exchange session, with the market approaching the levels of 1,480 units, amid upward movement in the European markets as well.

At the center of investment interest were banking shares, and especially Piraeus, in the wake of the particularly positive results it announced for the second quarter of 2024.

The General Price Index closed at 1,478.17 points, marking an increase of 1.21%.

The main stock market index closed July with a rise of 5.26%, while since the beginning of the year it has recorded gains of 14.31%.

The value of transactions amounted to 132.619 million euros, while 27,867,287 shares were traded.

The large-cap index rose 1.45%, while the mid-cap index gained 0.21%.

Of the high capitalization shares, the biggest increase was recorded by the shares of Piraeus (+3.50%), Titan (+2.81%), EYDAP (+2.65%), Eurobank (+2.32 %), Lamda (+2.28% Alpha Bank (+2.22%).

On the contrary, the largest decline was recorded by the shares of Ellactor (-0.61%), Viohalco (-0.51%), OTE (-0.39%) and Aegean (-0.35%).

The largest volume of transactions was presented by Eurobank and Piraeus, trading 8,002,738 and 6,832,033 shares, respectively.

The highest transaction value was recorded by Piraeus with 26.42 million euros and Eurobank with 16.91 million euros.

48 stocks moved up, 46 down and 27 remained stable.

The biggest increase was recorded by the shares: Bitros +9.45% and Vioter +8.47%.

The biggest drop was registered by the shares: Xylemporia(p) -5.03% and Ilyda -4.57%.

Stocks in the large-cap index closed as follows:

TITAN: 32.9000 +2.81%

ALPHA BANK: 1.7030 +2.22%

AEGEAN AIRLINES: 11.5000 -0.35%

VIOHALCO: 5.8800 -0.51%

GEK TERNA: 17.9000 unchanged

AIA: 7.9620 +0.03%

PPC: 11.7700 +1.99%

COCA COLA HBC: 33.9200 +1.80%

ELLAKTOR: 1.9580 -0.61%

ELPE: 7.4000 +1.79%

ELVALHALCOR: 1.8900 +0.64%

NATIONAL: 8.1100 +1.35%

EYDAP: 5.8100 +2.65%

EUROBANK: 2.1180 +2.32%

LAMDA DEVELOPMENT: 7.6100 +2.28%

MOTOR OIL: 23.5200 +1.20%

JUMBO: 24.7600 +0.65%

MYTILINEOS: 36.4800 +0.27%

PPA: 25.9500 +1.37%

OPAP: 16.1100 +1.07%

OTE: 15.1700 -0.39%

AUTOHELLAS: 11.8600 +1.54%

PIRAEUS: 3.9000 +3.50%

SARANTIS: 10.9800 +1.67%

TERNA ENERGY: 19.2300 -0.10%