The Athens Stock Exchange continued to rise despite the caution that has dominated European markets, now approaching 870 and leaving the road to 900 open, thanks to headwinds mainly in the banking sector. The overall index recorded an increase of 0.70% and closed at 869.82 points, with a turnover of 58.80 million euros. The Large Cap Index rose 0.94% to 2,108.31 points, with a 0.58% gain, the Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,380.88 points, while the Banking Index recorded an increase of 2.29% to 564 .57 points.

G.D. closed at 869.82 units with a turnover of 58.80 million euros.

Of all the blue chips, Titan stood out with a gain of 3.23% and Eurobank with +3%, followed by Alfa-Bank, Aegean and ELPE with a gain of more than 2%, while the biggest losses were recorded by Ellactor (-3.. 09%) and TERNA Energy (-2.87%).

+5% of the overall index in July continues into early August as improved deals with buyers as the main players are a strong vote of confidence, comments Dimitris Tzanas, investment director at Kyklos Chrimatistiraki. He adds that, led by a banking sector backed by other large-indexed securities and spectacular improvements in size, A.A. it easily passed the 850 mark and intends to return to the 900 mark to make up for this year’s losses, depending on the data in the international arena. ???????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????? ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​The pan-European Eurostoxx 600 ended slightly down 0.3%, as did the Frankfurt Xetra DAX, which closed down 0.23%. The Paris CAC 40 index closed down 0.42%, while the London FTSE 100 index was marginally lower, closing down 0.06%. Commenting on international sentiment, Mark McCormick, chief executive of TD Securities, told Bloomberg that “the Taiwan issue is what is driving investor risk appetite right now, as it raises concerns about global growth and the risk of geopolitical tensions that could increase inflationary pressures.” “. “.