Equity prices shot up on Tuesday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 3.05% at 663.49 points at 11 a.m. and turnover at 7.25 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 3.74% and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index was up 3.05%.
All individual sector indices, the biggest gains were in Banks (+9.06%), Raw Materials (+4.40%), Financial Services (+4.10%) and Telecoms (+3.75%).

Stocks traded: 44 were up, 7 were down and 5 were unchanged.