Equity prices rose on Wednesday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 1.07%, standing at 674.59 points at 11 a.m. and turnover at 4.2 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 1.05 percent and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index was up 0.57 percent.

Individual sector indices we moving mostly upwards with the biggest gains in Health (+4.96%), Banks (+3.64%), Commerce (+2.48%).

The heaviest losses were in Travel and Recreation (+0.26) and in Telecoms (+0.12 percent).

STOCKS: 36 were up, 10 were down and 12 were unchanged.