Athens Stock Exchange: General Index Starts with Negative Signs – European Shares Decline, Bond Yields Rise

Marginal downward trends dominate today (May 6, 2025) at the opening in Athens. The General Index of Prices shows marginal changes around yesterday’s (May 5, 2025) closing and is currently shaping up at 1,726.94 units with losses of 0.26%. During the pre-session of the stock exchange, it moved marginally between negative and positive ground. The trading value is currently forming at 12.01 million euros on 2.96 million shares that have changed hands. This image is reflected in the relationship of gains and losses, as out of the 94 shares that have moved so far, 42 were upward, 41 downward, and 11 remain unchanged from yesterday’s close. Among the sector indices, the FTSE of high capitalization retreats by 0.10% and the FTSEM of medium capitalization retreats by 0.30%. Among individual titles, SIDMA Metallurgical records an increase of 5.63%, followed by Girakian with gains of 3.53% and Minerva Ladena with an increase of 2.82%. On the opposite end, the biggest price drop is recorded by ELVE with a decline of -3.60%, followed by Naupactus Textiles with a decline of -2.33% and Centric Shares with a decline of -1.84%. European exchanges saw minor fluctuations today at the start of trading as investors evaluate a series of corporate economic results and monitor potential moves on the tariff front. The pan-European STOXX 600 index was unchanged at 537.35 units at 10:11 am Greek time. Mixed were the trends in other regional indices. The pan-European STOXX 600 records an increase of 0.30%. The FTSE 100 in London moves positively at +0.23%, while the DAX in Frankfurt falls by 0.30% as does the French CAC 40 by 0.23%. Conversely, the FTSE MIB in Milan moves positively at +0.30% along with the Spanish IBEX 35 at +0.30%. Investor attention is focused on whether trade tensions between China and the US will de-escalate after China stated last week that it is considering Washington’s offer for talks regarding tariffs.