Headline index tops 1,400 again

Greece's stock market reclaimed the 1,400-point mark Tuesday after six sessions.

Despite trading within a fairly narrow band, the Athens Stock Exchange general index went through several ups and downs, before settling at 1,403.17 points, up 0.36%. Intra-day, it hit a low of 1,394.62 (-0.25%) and a high of 1,404.62 (+0.46%).

Turnover was €82.47 million, with 15,509,702 shares changing hands.

Blue chips gained 0.40% and mid-caps 0.57%.

Among blue chips, the greatest gains were made by metals company Viohalco (1.83%), Piraeus Bank (1.78%), National Bank (1.33%), power company PPC (1.31%) and Alpha Bank (1.29%).

The greatest losses were sustained by Motor Oil (3.67%), Aegean Airlines (1.21%), metals and energy group Metlen, formerly Mytilineos (1%) and Eurobank (0.94%).

Motor Oil's steep drop was a result of MSCI excluding it from its Greece...