Equity prices rose on Monday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index increased by 5.66%, standing at 762.81 points at 11 a.m. and turnover at 18.775 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks increased by 6.61% , and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index was up by 4.4%.

In individual sector indices, the biggest gains were in Banks (+13.78%), in Financial Services (+9.18%), Raw Materials (+8.41%) and in Commerce (+7.21%).

64 of the stocks traded increased, 5 went down and 3 remained unchanged.