Equity prices rose on Friday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index increasing 2.83% at 932.66 points at 11:00 am and a turnover at 11.22 million euros.

Individual sector indices saw the bigger gains in Banks (+3.30%), Construction (+2.65%) and Telecoms (+2.29%).

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks increased by 2.92%, and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index also went up 1.60%.

50 of the stocks traded were up, 5 were down and 8 remained unchanged.