Athens Stock Exchange: General Index Records a Decline in Today’s Close

Declining trends were recorded in today’s (24.2.2025) session of the Athens Stock Exchange, with investors opting for liquidations to secure short-term gains, causing the market to retreat to levels around 1,600 units. Shares of DEH and Coca Cola HBC stood out among high-capitalization stocks. The General Index on the Greek stock exchange closed at 1,603.96 units, marking a decline of 0.88%. Intraday, it reached a high of 1,620.27 units (+0.13%) and a low of 1,599.84 units (-1.13%). The trading value amounted to €255.52 million, including €69.30 million from block trades, while 49,064,947 shares were traded. The high-capitalization index fell by 1.03%, and the medium-capitalization index dropped by 0.89%. Among high-capitalization shares, the biggest gains were seen by DEH (+8.04%), Coca Cola HBC (+2.04%), and Optima (+0.57%). Conversely, the sharpest declines were recorded by Ethniki (-2.98%), Lamda (-2.72%), DEH (-2.55%), Aegean (-2.46%), and Alpha Bank (-2.35%). The largest trading volumes were seen in Eurobank and Piraeus Bank, trading 10,772,991 and 9,044,530 shares respectively. Piraeus Bank and Lamda Development registered the highest trading values at €42.93 million and €42.56 million respectively. Sixteen shares rose, 90 declined, and 17 remained stable. The biggest gainers were DEH (+8.04%) and Frigoglass (+7.56%), while the steepest drops were seen in Attiki Ekdotiki (-9.27%) and Haidermenos (-6.25%).