Equity prices rose on the Athens Stock Exchange at 11 a.m. on Tuesday  with the basic share price index up by 1.09% at 803.47 pointsand turnover at 17.32 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 1.53% and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index was up 0.64%.

All individual sector indices were moving upwards, with the biggest gains in Banks (+3.90%), Telecoms (+3.40%),and Health (+3.34%).

Of the stocks traded, 50 were up, 8 were down and 6 were unchanged.