Athens Stock Exchange opening: Rise

Equity prices were rising on Friday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE). The basic share price index was up 0.26 percent, standing at 892.13 points at 11.00 and turnover was at 4.35 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was down 0.02 percent and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index was up 0.95 percent.

On individual sector indices, the biggest gains were in Financial Services (+1.51 percent) and in Technology (+0.69 percent). The heaviest losses were in Food (-1.41 percent) and in Commerce (-0.35 percent).

Of the stocks traded, 32 were up, 16 were down and 9 were unchanged.