Mild losses on Wall Street, technology pressures in the Asian markets and, with the issue of the Strait of Hormuz remaining unresolved, some investors remain cautious.
With a marginal premium, from 7,483 points, the S&P 500 futures, with attention focused on the announcement of critical economic data today, Thursday.
Taking into account that tomorrow, Friday, July 3, Wall Street will remain closed due to the July 4 holiday.
The session starts from lower levels for investors in the European stock exchanges, from higher at 2,481.33 points for their counterparts on Euronext Athens.
A divergence mainly due to the return of buyers to the banking sector, but also to specific blue chips.
The DTR is 1.37% higher, with increased trading, about 26 million shares out of a total of 38 million having been carried out mainly in the shares of the systemic banks.
The 11.24 million shares traded in Alpha Bank reinforce the estimate of a return of buyers to the banking sector.
With increased trading, the rise in National Bank, Piraeus, Eurobank, as well as Bank of Cyprus, Credia Bank.
Alongside the banking stocks, inflows from buyers were also seen in GEK Terna, Motor Oil, Jumbo, Allwyn, Metlen, Lamda Development, Coca Cola HBC.
Yesterday's divergence of the Greek market from the European stock exchanges remains to be seen whether it was an isolated reaction or the prelude to a broader activation of “strong hands”.
The developments in the GEK Terna group, with Stelios Bouras referring to the ammunition of 2.3 billion euros, keep it in the spotlight, as do Pantelakis' new target prices for Motor Oil - Helleniq Energy.
In the mid caps, the stop loss by AVE's management regarding the development of Carrefour acts as a reason for the stock's rise, as do the shareholding and management changes at Real Consulting.