Share prices are recovering at the start of today’s Stock Exchange session, after the strong fall of the previous week (-5.81%), with the market returning above 2,000 points, amid an upward reaction in the European markets as well.

The General Index at 11:00, stands at 2,010.96 points, marking an increase of 1.18%.

The value of the transactions amounts to 19.38 million euros.

The large-cap index is up 1.22%, while the mid-cap index is up 0.70%.

Of the high capitalization shares, the biggest increase was recorded by the shares of Ethniki (+2.58%), Viohalco (+2.49%), Eurobank (+2.03%), Alpha Bank (+1.78%) and PPC (+1.69%).

On the contrary, the largest decline was registered by the shares of AIA (-1.74%), Coca Cola HBC (-0.49%) and Motor Oil (-0.24%).

85 stocks move up, 10 down and 6 remain stable.

The biggest increase was recorded by the shares: Chaidemenos (+5.98%) and Daios (+4.41%), while the biggest decline was recorded by the shares: Tzirakian (-1.84%) and AIA (-1.74%).

European stocks are also up almost 1% this morning, thanks to strong performances by banks and defense equipment companies.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.9% to 571.05 points at 10:50 Greek time. Other major regional indices were also moving higher.

European banks were earlier up 1.6 percent, recovering from a 2.5 percent plunge on Friday.

The aerospace and defense sector rose 2.1 percent, recovering from Friday’s sharp drop when news of a planned summit on the war in Ukraine rocked the sector.