The Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) noted a significant rise at 11.00 am on Thursday, with the basic share price index increased by 4.01%, standing at 824.89 points and turnover at 16.65 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 4.70%, and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index was up 3.21%.

50 of the stocks traded were rising, 4 were falling and 9 remained unchanged.