Starring banking shares (The industry closed with 3.92%) closed with significant profits for this week its general index Athens Shipowner (Ha).
In fact during the session The ATHEX’s General Stock Index has a new high for this year.
Alpha Bank’s share was driven by the bank race.
The publication of the Bank’s results (net profit of € 223 million increased by 35% on a quarterly basis and 5% in annual) exceeded analysts’ expectations, leading to the market to close the stock to +7.54% (EUR 2,440). Analyzes of investment banks that followed the publication of the results converge on the strong dynamics of the bank in the first quarter of the year. Indicatively, UBS recommends a market with a target of 2.68 euros, Goldman Sachs, as well as Jefferies, has also remained in the market for a market price of 3.20 euros.
Eurobank (3.15%) also closed with significant profits at € 2,490 (3.51%) at € 9.8, followed by Piraeus (2.71%) at 5.3 euros. For the last UBS recommends a market by raising the target price to 6.70 euros.
Great investment interest was recorded in Qualco’s public bidding as bids were estimated at € 550m.
With profits (0.92%at 41.48 Metlen’s share, OPAP (1.75%) at PPC’s EUR 19,740 (1.79%) at € 13,680. PPA, 42.80 and a new historical high.
The FTSE 25 (high capitalization) was raised by 2.11% to 4,339.54 points and Mid Cap (medium capitalization) closed with a rose 1.19% to 2,626.11 points.
The value of the transactions reached 217,815 million. euro, of which € 28.03 million were in packages. At 119,401 billion euros, market capitalization was set. The sign for 78 shares, negative for 29, was positive, while 19 shares remained unchanged.
Profits in Europe too
And the European shares were closed on positive ground during Friday’s meeting, as the United Kingdom and the US have confirmed a trade agreement and as investors look forward to US-China trade negotiations that will begin this weekend.
The pan -European index Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.32%. The British Index FTSE 100 won 0.26%while the German index DAX It was up 0.64% after reaching a new record during the morning transactions. The French CAC 40 won 0.64%, Italian FTSE MIB reinforced 0.98% and Spanish IBEX 35 rose 0.54%.