Athens Stock Exchange Opens Up 0.33% – General Index at 1,732.96 Units

Prices are moving upwards at the start of today’s (May 8, 2025) trading session in Athens. The General Index of the Athens Stock Exchange is forming at 1,732.96 units, recording gains of 0.33%. The trading value stands at €10.52 million over 1.7 million shares exchanged. Of the 90 stock titles traded so far, 58 show an increase, 19 a decrease, and 13 remain unchanged from yesterday’s close. Among individual indices, the heavy FTSE high-capitalization index records a rise of 0.38%, while the FTSEM medium-capitalization index gains 0.41%. The banking FTSE XA index climbs by 0.61%. Notably, the share of Domic Crete sees the highest gain with a rise of 4.69%, followed by Sidma Metallourgiki with 2.86%. Conversely, Prontea suffers the largest loss at -4.07%, followed by Nakas at -2.63%. European markets opened higher, bolstered by hints from U.S. President Donald Trump regarding progress towards an initial trade agreement in the global tariff dispute, improving market sentiment. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.3% at 10:07 AM Greek time. Other regional indices also moved positively, except Spain which dropped by 0.4%. Trump announced on Truth Social that he will hold a press conference later today about a ‘major trade agreement’ with representatives of a respected major country, speculated to be the UK according to New York Times sources.