Athens Stock Exchange opening: Rise

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 1.86 percent and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index was up 1.72 percent.

All individual sector indices were moving upward with the biggest gains in Financial Services (+2.47 percent) in Banks (1.24 percent) and in Raw Materials (+2.23 percent).

Of the stocks traded, 58 were up, 6 were down and 8 were unchanged.