The stock market was closed 5.62% a week after two weeks of mild corrective retreat.

The Athens Stock Exchange wrote history in the week ending. At the meeting on Monday, August 4, the market broke the landmark of 2,000 units after 15 years.

Continuous high, positive yields, a positive profitability image and increased transactions make up a positive backdrop to the stock market that has completed nine months of rise, an unparalleled record for the first time in the stock markets and continues dynamically in August.

JP Morgan reiterates the confidence vote in the Greek stock market and places it in its top investment options in emerging markets, focusing on attractive valuations, low investment exposure from institutional and steady improvement in corporate figures. Despite the mild image of profits in all emerging markets in the second quarter, Greece stands out as a bright exception, recording positive performance and attracting the interest of investors looking for quality choices in affordable valuations.

The Greek banks passed comfortably the extreme stress tests jointly proceeded by the European Banking Authority and the ECB, while recording high performance. The CET1 index of the banking system is 12.0%. UBS is proceeding with new increases in the target prices of Greek banks, believing that Piraeus has the highest room for rise, after the best of the expected profits of the 2nd quarter of 2025. The target price for Alpha Bank increased to € 3.70, for Eurobank to € 3,64, € 13,64 and € 13,64.

The evaluation difference between Greek banks and Europe is continuing to decline, with the PE index reaching 7.7.7x (2026) against European banks at 8.4x (~ 8% Discount).

The General Price Index closed the week at 2,070, 13 points, compared to 1,960.06 points last week, with a weekly rise of 5.62%. Since the beginning of the year, it has recorded profits of 40.86%.

The FTSE/ASE 25 high capitalization index closed a week with a rise of 5.97% and has made a profit of 46.08% since the beginning of 2025.

The FTSE MID mid -capitalization index closed with a weekly rise of 2.19%, and since the beginning of the year it rose 25.32%.

The bank index closed a week with 8.19%, while in early 2025 it has made a profit of 78.27%.

The total value of transactions at this week’s meetings amounted to EUR 1,365,244 million, while the average daily transaction value stood at EUR 273,049 million, up from € 218,433 million last week.