Strong upward trends prevailed in today’s Stock Exchange session, with the market recovering above the psychological barrier of 2,000 units etcand to exceed the levels of 2,020 units at the close.

From high capitalization the shares of PPC, Piraeus, Elvalhalcor, ELPE and Viohalco outperformed.

O General Price Index closed at 2,023.80 points, up 1.43%.

Intra-sessionally it recorded a higher price at 2,027.92 units (+1.64%).

The value of transactions amounted to 229.49 million euros, while 37,528,187 shares were traded.

The large-cap index gained 1.53%, while the mid-cap index gained 0.58%.

Of the high capitalization stocks, the biggest increase was recorded by the shares of PPC (+4.04%), Elvalhalcor (+3.44%), Piraeus (+3.43%), ELPE (+3.34%), Viohalco (+3.18%), Ethniki (+2.75%) and Alpha Bank (+2.62%).

On the contrary, Aktor (-2.73%), OPAP (-1.56%), EYDAP (-1.01%) and GEK TERNA (-0.60%) shares recorded the biggest fall.

The OPAP share was traded without the right to the interim dividend of 0.50 euros per share.

The largest volume of transactions was presented by Eurobank and Piraeus, trading 12,355,238 and 6,252,231 shares, respectively.

The highest value of transactions was recorded by Piraeus with 43.42 million euros and Eurobank with 40.62 million euros.

81 stocks moved up, 35 fell and 13 remained stable.

The biggest increase was recorded by the shares: Foodlink (+8.91%) and Doppler (+4.86%).

The biggest drop was recorded by the shares: Intertek (-2.96%) and Tjirakian (-2.91%).

Stocks in the large-cap index closed as follows:

AKTOR: 8.1800 -2.73%

CYPRUS: 8.0000 +0.25%

METLEN: 44.4200 +0.95%

OPTIMA: 8.0500 +0.12%

TITAN: 39.0500 +0.39%

ALPHA BANK: 3.4890 +2.62%

AEGEAN AIRLINES: 13.4000 +1.67%

VIOHALCO: 8.7600 +3.18%

GEK TERNA: 23.0400 -0.60%

AIA: 10.2100 +1.90%

PPC: 15.7000 +4.04%

COCA COLA HBC: 39.2400 +0.51%

ELPE: 7.8950 +3.34%

ELVALHALCOR: 3.3100 +3.44%

NATIONAL: 13.0950 +2.75%

EYDAP: 6.8700 -1.01%

EUROBANK: 3.2900 +0.89%

LAMDA DEVELOPMENT: 7.4000 unchanged

MOTOR OIL: 26.6000 +2.23%

JUMBO: 28.2000 +2.40%

PPA: 43.4500 +1.05%

OPAP: 17.6700 -1.56%

OTE: 16.2800 -0.18%

PIRAEUS: 7.0040 +3.43%

SARANTIS: 12.6400 +0.16%