The first session of the week for the Athens Stock Exchange was completed without much loss, with market fatigue and international volatility putting sellers back at the helm.

The Greek market, despite the reasonable desire for profit taking, "held" above 1,550 points, not moving away from the recent 14-year highs and largely defending its gains, which exceed +5.5% since the beginning of the year.

All this, while analysts are waiting for Donald Trump's official announcements on the imminent US tariffs on imports of aluminum and steel products, which may also affect European—Greek listed companies. 

Specifically, in the first session of the new week, the General Index recorded a controlled decline of -0.38% to 1,551.90 points, losing about six points compared to Friday's close (1,558.83 points).

The arc of daily fluctuations was fixed at 11 points (from 1,546.53 to 1,557.25 points), with the turnover of transactions ranging at 116.2 million euros, of which 15.1 million euros related to pre-agreed packages.

The banking index, amid uncertainty over the global trade issue, recorded losses of -1.17% and 1,392 points, although the cumulative change since the beginning of the year remained above +8%.

Alpha's share price narrowed to -1.64% and EUR 1.7305, Piraeus' share followed at -1.25% and EUR 4.356, NBG's share traded at -1.06% and EUR 8.25, while Eurobank's share price fell to -1.08% and EUR 2.387.

In the high-cap index (-0.50% and 3,781 points), Viohalco's shares contracted to -1.75% and 5.63 euros, affected by Washington's threats of new tariffs. For the same reason, ELVALHALCOR (-1.98%) and Cenergy (-2.03%), which were put in the US crosshairs during Trump's first term, also "fell.". Meanwhile, Titan Cement shares corrected -1.6% from recent records, while OTE shares lost -1.5%. On the flip side, Metlen's shares gained +2.4% to €34.6 in the wake of Fairfax's increase in its equity stake (6.4% from 4.6% previously). Shares of Helleniq Energy and Sarantis expanded by +1.3% and +1.2%, respectively.

As for the mid-cap index (+0.72% and 2,469 points), AVAX shares stood out positively at +4.5% and €1.96, again approaching 11-year highs. Shares of Dimand, Quest and Noval followed with more than +1%. At the same time, Kri Kri shares climbed to a new all-time high (EUR 16.4), while the shares of PPA did exactly the same, climbing +2.2% to EUR 32.1. On the contrary, the shares of Thrace Plastics fell -0.6% and 3.94 euros.