Following four straight sessions of stock growth that took the benchmark to a 17-year high, Athinon Avenue experienced the first losing session of the month on Tuesday, but without any dramatic sales that would put the positive trajectory at risk.
Attacks on two vessels at the Persian Gulf also played a part, but it was the closing auctions that brought most indexes to the day’s lows, with turnover on the rise, too.
The Euronext Athens (ATHEX) general index closed at 2,541.99 points, shedding 0.72% from Monday’s 2,560.34 points. The large-cap FTSE-25 index contracted 0.74% to end at 6,454.83 points.
The banks index declined 1.47%, as Eurobank parted with 1.89%, National 1.72%, Piraeus 1.69%, CrediaBank 1.20%, Alpha 0.94% and Bank of Cyprus 0.70%.
Coca-Cola HBC stemmed the drop with an increase of 2.22%, while Cenergy Holdings declined 2.42%.
