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The negative mood resulting from the withdrawal of draft legislation on strike action, the cancellation of Wednesday's property auctions and weak growth data for the third quarter of the year prompted a second day of losses for most stocks at Athinon Avenue on Tuesday.

Investors gave a thumbs-up on Tuesday to news that notaries had ended their boycott of property auctions, as Greek bank stocks jumped 4.25 percent at Athinon Avenue. However, the rest of the market didn't see much of a knock-on effect.

After the major drop on Thursday, Greek stocks posted a notable recovery on Friday, covering more than half of the previous day's loss, and on increased turnover too.

The Athens Exchange (ATHEX) general index ended at 712.46 points, adding 1.58 percent to Thursday's 701.36 points. On a weekly basis, however, the benchmark posted a 2.95 percent decline.

Another day of high volatility at the Greek stock market, following Tuesday's considerable ups and downs, saw the closing auctions decide that the majority of stocks would end up in the red on Wednesday, as did the bourse's benchmark.

The Greek stock benchmark's 1 percent rise on Friday - for the second day in a row - was not enough to avert a fourth week of losses for the bourse, a decline sequence not seen since last January.

Monday was another mixed day for the Greek bourse. Stocks were split between winners and losers, the benchmark had some moderate gains but the banks' index was virtually unchanged, and mid-caps conceded some ground. The drop in turnover compared with three declining sessions last week shows that a likely return of sellers is on the way.

The benchmark of the Greek bourse recovered some ground from Tuesday's 1.88 percent sell-off, with investors reflecting on a series of wide-ranging issues from North Korea and the Brexit negotiations to local banks' first-half financial results.

The Greek bourse had already priced in the issue of a five-year bond, so there was little reaction on the part of investors on Monday. A brief uptick in trade during the closing auctions proved enough to push the benchmark into positive territory and reverse losses for the banks index.

As signs had shown on Monday, stocks on the Greek bourse confirmed on Tuesday that they have run out of steam - at least for the short term - suffering sizeable losses as the benchmark fell from a 28-month high. The quality of the drop points to it being more than a mere correction after the recent gains.

Another session with plenty of action at the stock exchange on Wednesday saw the benchmark slip on the decline of mid-caps, although banks remained on a rising course. The closing auctions saw sellers outnumber buyers by a 10-to-one ratio.