In powerful pressures, shares have been found today at today’s stock market meeting, with the market falling below 1,600 points, amid a particularly negative climate in international markets.

The “sale” in European shares and US markets at the opening of today’s meeting is intensifying after China’s response to Trump’s duties with the imposition of additional duties of 34% on US products. The new escalation of the trade war ends any hopes for a tension, with the risk of the biggest economies being recessed.

The General Price Index closed at 1,597.55 points, dropping 4.83%.

Intra-conference recorded lower price at 1,578.52 points (-5.97%).

On a weekly basis, the basic stock market index recorded losses of 7.96%, while profits from the year were limited to 8.70%.

Overall market capitalization today declined by 5.3 billion. Euro and a total of 7.1 billion euros in the last two meetings, following the announcement of the duties by President Trump.

Bank shares were at the center of liquidity, whose index fell 7.15%.

The value of the transactions raised to EUR 415,827 million, with 92,274,992 shares.

The high capitalization index declined 5.15%, while the middle capitalization index fell 4.08%.

All the shares of high capitalization ended with losses and the biggest decline was the shares of Optima (-8.60%), Eurobank (-7.77%), Piraeus (-7.41%), Alpha Bank (-6.99%) and National (-6.43%).

The largest volume of trading was presented by Alpha Bank and Eurobank with 26,936,550 and 18,376,444 shares, respectively.

Piraeus scored the highest value of trading with € 76.08 million and National with EUR 61.05 million.

Only 4 shares were upward, 117 and 5 remained stable, indicative of the climate that prevailed today.

The shares rose the most: Beitros (+5.74%) and Minerva (+1.68%).

The biggest decline was recorded by Intertec (-17.59%) and Pairis (-11.21%).

High capitalization index shares were closed as follows:

Aktor: 4,7100 -6.18%

Optima: 14,0200 -8.60%

TITAN: 39.5000 -4.47%

Alpha Bank: 2,0350 -6.99%

Aegean Airlines: 10,9600 -3.44%

Viohalco: 5,3700 -5.62%

GEK TERNA: 18,3000 -5.48%

AIA: 8,9300 -2.19%

PPC: 13,3200 -2.06%

Coca Cola HBC: 42,0000 -2.64%

ELLAKTOR: 1,3620 -6.07%

ELPE: 7,3400 -3.61%

ELVALHALCOR: 1,9500 -5.57%

NATIONAL: 8,6800 -6.43%

EYDAP: 5,7200 -1,89%

Eurobank: 2,2800 -7.77%

Lamda Development: 6,3000 -4.69%

Motor Oil: 20,0000 -6.37%

Jumbo: 24,0000 -3,07%

MYTILINEOS: 39,1000 -3.46%

PPA: 36.5000 -4.33%

OPAP: 17,3800 -5.03%

OTE: 15,3000 -3.83%

PIRAEUS: 4,6200 -7.41%

SARANTIS: 12,4000 -5.49%