Athens Stock Exchange opening: Rise

Equity prices were rising on Friday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE).

The basic share price index was up 0.54 percent, standing at 730.40 points at 11.00 and turnover at 2.98 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.81 percent and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index was up 0.09 percent.

Individual sector indices were moving upwards with the biggest gains in Telecoms (+1.41 percent) in Travel (+1.67) and Personal Products (+1.38 percent). The heaviest losses were in Financial Services (-0.20 percent). Of the stocks traded, 34 were up, 13 were down and 7 were unchanged.