The Athens Stock Exchange today returned from two marginal retreat meetings. The General Index approached the 1,710 units for the first time in a month by closing at 1,709.63 points (0.46%rise).

There is a meeting for the completion of April, with the monthly rise, the sixth in order, set at 1.45%. This year’s index performance reaches 16.3%.

Banking starred in today’s rise in the stock market as a sectoral index was reinforced more than 1% with Piraeus standing out with a profit of more than 2%. Jumbo, Hellktor, Elvalhalcor, Motor Oil and AIA rose to Blue Chips. OPAP was also distinguished, as a complementary dividend of 0.8 euros per share for 2024 was approved after today’s General Assembly.

The FTSE 25 (high capitalization) increased by +0.61% to 4,237.86 points and Mid Cap (medium capitalization) had a marginal rise +0.16% to 2,580.25 points.

The value of the transactions reached EUR 148.6 million, of which EUR 23.47 million was in packages. At 119.38 billion euros, market capitalization was set. The sign for 62 shares, negative for 49, was positive, while 9 shares were left without a change.

At 4 systemic banks, Piraeus had a profit of 2.07% at EUR 5,022, followed by Eurobank (1.61% at EUR 2,523), Alpha Bank (1.35% at EUR 2,178) and Ethniki (0.13% at EUR 9.502).