Equity prices rose on Friday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) with the basic share price index up 0.63% at 1,174.91 points at 11.00 am, and turnover at 10.12 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.69%, and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index was also up 0.79%.

On individual sector indices, the biggest gains were in Insurance (up 1.50%), Financials (up 1.39%), Health (up 1.35%) and Banks (up 1.34%).

The biggest losses were in Real Estate (down 0.80%), and in Travel & Leisure (down 0.60%).