Equity prices rose on Wednesday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 0.77%, standing at 687.45 points at 11.00 am and turnover at 7.45 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks went up 1.25% and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index went up 0.45.

All individual sector indices, apart from the Health sector (-2.44%), rose with the biggest gains in Banks (+2.59%), Travel & Leisure (+2.21%) and Food (+1.45%).

STOCKS TRADED: 33 up, 8 down and 11 remained unchanged.