Athens Stock Exchange opening: Rise

The basic share price was up 1.09 percent at 886.44 points at 11:00 and turnover was at 3.54 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was down 0.17 percent and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index was down 0.43 percent.

All individual sector indices were moving upwards, with the biggest gains were in Travel (+1.52 percent) and in Insurance (+1.46 percent).

Of the stocks traded, 53 were up, 12 were down and 11 were unchanged.