Stock prices were under strong pressure at today’s Stock Exchange session, with the market falling down to the levels of 1,430 units. The market is affected by the negative international climate. European stock markets retreated after a sharp fall in Wall Street indices as concerns about a possible recession in the US economy resurfaced. The Asian stock markets also closed with heavy losses.

The General Price Index closed at 1,430.90 points, recording losses of 2.95%.

On a weekly basis, the main stock market index registered a drop of 2.61%, while since the beginning of the year it has recorded gains of 10.65%.

The value of transactions amounted to 124.14 million euros, while 27,884,690 shares were traded.

The large-cap index fell 3.16%, while the mid-cap index fell 2.47%.

Of the high capitalization stocks, only PPA (+0.39%) registered an increase.

On the contrary, the biggest fall was recorded by the shares of Piraeus (-4.85%), Motor Oil (-4.25%), Ethniki (-3.81%), Jumbo (-3.80%), Alpha Bank (-3.78%) and Eurobank (-3.72%).

The largest volume of transactions was presented by Alpha Bank and Piraeus, trading 7,773,618 and 6,595,962 shares, respectively.

The highest transaction value was recorded by Piraeus with 25.45 million euros and National with 16.60 million euros.

12 stocks moved up, 93 fell and 18 remained stable.

The biggest increase was recorded by the shares: Mermeren +3.56% and Xylemporia(p) +2.04%.

The biggest drop was recorded by the shares: Moda Bango -9.19% and Akritas -7.89%.

Stocks in the large-cap index closed as follows:

TITAN: 32.3000 -2.12%

ALPHA BANK: 1.6270 -3.78%

AEGEAN AIRLINES: 11.0400 -2.82%

VIOHALCO: 5.7200 -3.21%

GEK TERNA: 17.3000 -2.70%

AIA 7.8000 -2.13%

PPC: 11.1800 -2.78%

COCA COLA HBC: 33.2200 -2.29%

ELLAKTOR: 1.9820 -3.32%

ELPE: 7.2350 -1.16%

ELVALHALCOR: 1.8100 -3.42%

NATIONAL: 7.6800 -3.81%

EYDAP: 5.5900 -3.12%

EUROBANK: 2.0470 -3.72%

LAMDA DEVELOPMENT: 7.3800 -2.51%

MOTOR OIL: 22.5200 -4.25%

JUMBO: 23.8000 -3.80%

MYTILINEOS: 35.1200 -2.93%

PPA: 25.8000 +0.39%

OPAP: 15.7000 -1.57%

OTE: 14.7800 -3.08%

AUTOHELLAS: 11.2400 -4.75%

PIRAEUS: 3.8290 -4.85%

SARANTIS: 10.8400 -1.28%

TERNA ENERGY: 19.1700 -0.31%