Equity prices on Wednesday rose on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 0.55%, standing at 1,096.62 units at 11.00 a.m., and having a turnover of 6.96 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.43%, while the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index was marginally down 0.06%.

On individual sector indices, the biggest gains were in Food & Beverages (up 2.02%), Construction (up 1.72%) and Financial Services (up 1.70%), while the Travel & Leisure and Telecoms sector indices dropped by 0.60% and 0.10% respectively.