Stock prices came under strong pressure in today’s Stock Exchange session, with the market falling towards the levels of 1,410 units. At the center of the liquidations were the bank shares and the securities of PPC and Viohalco.

The General Price Index closed at 1,414.65 points, down 1.67%.

Intra-sessionally it recorded a lower price at 1,414.01 points (-1.72%).

The value of the transactions amounted to 136.69 million euros, while 31,031,926 shares were traded.

The large-cap index fell 2.02%, while the mid-cap index fell 1.11%.

All the high capitalization shares closed with losses and the largest decline was recorded by the shares of PPC (-4.09%), Viohalco (-3.80%), Piraeus (-3.74%), Eurobank (- 2.99%), Alpha bank (-240%), Ellactor (-2.39%), OTE (-2.12%), Mytileneos (-2.00%) and Aegean (-2 .00%).

Atiica Bank’s share closed down 4.56%, at 6.7 euros.

The largest volume of transactions was presented by Alpha Bank and Eurobank, trading 8,405,942 and 8,199,041 shares, respectively.

The highest value of transactions was recorded by Nthniki with 27.21 million euros and Piraeus with 16.11 million euros.

19 stocks moved up, 86 fell and 15 remained stable.

The biggest increase was recorded by the shares: Leventeris(p) +14.04% and Vioter +9.93%.

The biggest drop was recorded by the shares: Intertek -6.22% and Minerva -5.77%.

Stocks in the large-cap index closed as follows:

TITAN: 33.0000 -0.75%

ALPHA BANK: 1.4660 -2.40%

AEGEAN AIRLINES: 10.3000 -2.00%

VIOHALCO: 5.5700 -3.80%

GEK TERNA: 17.4400 -1.58%

AIA:7.5780 -0.55%

PPC: 11.7200 -4.09%

COCA COLA HBC:33.2000 -1.60%

ELLAKTOR: 1.8000 -2.39%

ELPE: 7.0000 -0.28%

ELVALHALCOR: 1.8120 -1.95%

NATIONAL: 7.3760 -0.91%

EYDAP: 5.6300 unchanged

EUROBANK: 1.9500 -2.99%

LAMDA DEVELOPMENT: 7.1900 -1.51%

MOTOR OIL: 20.6600 -1.99%

JUMBO: 25.4800 -1.62%

MYTILINEOS: 33.2600 -2.00%

PPA:28.4000 -0.35%

OPAP: 15.8300 -1.06%

OTE: 15.7200 -2.12%

AUTOHELLAS:11.1000 -1.60%

PIRAEUS: 3.7300 -3.74%

SARANTIS: 10.9600 -0.54%

TERNA ENERGY: 19.6500 -0.05%