Athens Stock Exchange opening: Rise

Equity prices were rising on Friday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 2.18 percent, standing at 586.40 points at 11.00 am and turnover at 4.50 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.91 percent and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index was up 1.58 percent.

All individual sector indices were moving upwards with the biggest gains in Banks (+5.07 percent), Telecoms (+3.38 percent) and Food and Beverages (+1.96 percent).

Of the stocks traded, 40 were up, 7 were down and 6 were unchanged.