ATHEX: Significant rise

Strong upward trends prevail in the Athens Stock Exchange against the background of the positive climate in the international stock markets.

Investors’ attention is focused on the new round of Russia-Ukraine talks and on the current decisions of the Fed.

The General Price Index increased by 2.86%, amounting to 848.53 points, with a turnover of 9.2 million euros.

74 stocks are up, 11 are down and 16 are flat.

The index of high capitalization increased by 2.73%, while the index of medium capitalization increased by 1.71%.

All high-capitalization shares record profits. The biggest increase is recorded by the shares of Eurobank (+ 4.20%), National Bank (+ 3.98%), Piraeus Bank (+ 3.84%) and Alpha Bank (+ 3.73%).

All sub-indices are moving upwards and the largest increase is recorded by the indices of Health (+ 8.22%), Banks (+ 3.85%) and Telecommunications (+ 2.42%).

The biggest increase is recorded by the shares: Medicon + 8.22% and Q&R + 5.83%, while the largest decrease is recorded by the shares: Viocarpet -8.28% and Prodea -5.56%.