The main index of the Athens Stock Exchange registered an increase of 1.3% at 11:23 am, just two hours before the arrival of German Chancellor Angela Merkel at "Evangelos Venizelos" airport. So far, the turnover is just over 16 million euro and the main index is moving around 835 basis points. "We expect investors to remain calm until the German Chancellor’s statements," a stock analyst from Eurobank told Naftemporiki. Profit makers for the time being are companies in the sector of tourism and recreation and the state-owned lottery OPAP.