Athens Stock Exchange: General Index Rises Today – Positive Signals in Europe

Significant gains were recorded at the opening of today’s (April 23, 2025) session on the Athens Stock Exchange, with the market approaching the 1,700-unit level. European shares also showed strong growth following yesterday’s gains on Wall Street, fueled by hopes for a de-escalation of the trade war. The General Index of Prices on the Greek stock exchange reached 1,697.09 units, marking an increase of 1.49%. The trading value amounted to €26.25 million. The high-capitalization index rose by 1.71%, while the medium-capitalization index strengthened by 0.82%. Among the high-capitalization shares, the largest gain was seen by Piraeus Bank (+2.94%), Eurobank (+2.61%), Elvalhalcor (+2.08%), and Aegean Airlines (+2.06%). Conversely, only the share of Hellenic Petroleum (-7.50%) declined. The share of Hellenic Petroleum is being traded today without the right to the dividend of €0.74689, and the share of the National Bank of Greece is traded without the right to the dividend of €0.6384. A total of 80 shares are moving upwards, 6 are declining, and 8 remain stable. The largest increases were recorded by Daidalos (+9.94%) and Lazaridis Estate (+8.99%), while the biggest drops were noted for Hellenic Petroleum (-7.50%) and National Bank of Greece (-3.78%). In Europe, stocks are rising today after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ‘significant’ reduction in additional tariffs on China, boosting hopes for easing trade tensions between Washington and Beijing and alleviating global economic concerns. The pan-European STOXX 600 index increased by 1.53%. The FTSE 100 in London moved positively at 1.54%, the DAX in Frankfurt at +2.71%, the French CAC 40 at 2.13%, the FTSE MIB in Milan at 1.08%, and the Spanish IBEX 35 at 1.10%.