The General Index at 1,726.13 points
With the main rise lever in the banking industry, the Stock exchange Athens began positively in May, with the General Index closing at a high one -month high, over 1,720 points. In particular, the distance from the 1,749.90 -point intra -conference year was reduced, bringing the market close to technically critical resistors corresponding to the high 15 -year -old, levels last recorded in August 2010. The domestic market was aligned with the positive trend of European stocks.
At today’s meeting, the General Index rose by 1.65% by closing at 1,726.13 points. The lowest point of the day was recorded at 1,711.74 points. This is the highest closure of the last month, with the previous corresponding performance on March 28 (1,735.68 points).
On a weekly basis, the index completed the third consecutive upward week, with cumulative profits of 1.2%, while at an annual level the performance of the Athens Stock Exchange is now +17.45%. The high -year difference has been limited to 1.36%, reported to the EIA.
The banking industry starred today, with profits of over 3%, thanks to the strengthening of investment psychology powered by positive analyzes by JP Morgan and Mediobanca, in view of the forthcoming first -month results from systemic banks. They stood out Piraeus and Alpha Bank. Aktor (+4%) also moved on a particularly upward track, while PPC, Aegean and Cenergy also marked strong profits. OPAP maintained its upward trend for a seventh consecutive session, reaching levels it had to record since June 2009. The total market capitalization exceeded 120 billion euros, while the daily turnover stood close to 200m euros.
The FTSE 25, the high capitalization index increased +1.98% and stood at 4,282.27 points and the mid -capitalization of the medium capitalization increased +0.59% to 2,571.07 points.
On a weekly basis, banks rose +2.1%, Large Cap rose +1.34%and Mid Cap +0.29%. The value of the transactions stood at € 190.71 million, with € 19.85 million involving packages.
A strong upward movement was recorded in the banking industry, with systemic banks leading the rise. Piraeus Bank’s share achieved the highest percentage increase, closing 4.91% to 5.15 euros. Alpha Bank followed 4.79% to 2.23 euros, and the change for Eurobank, which rose 3.59% to 2.57 euros. The National Bank rose 2.86%, ending at 9.56 euros. Other banking shares were up: Bank of Cyprus raised 3.16% to 5.88 euros and Attica Bank rose 3.13% to 0.758 euros. In contrast, Optima Bank’s stock fell slightly, down 0.63% to 15.90 euros.
