Equity prices were falling at the opening on Friday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index down 0.48%, standing at 1,248.18 points at 11:00 am, and turnover at 9.715 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks decreased by 0.49% and the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was down 0.08%.

On individual sector indices, the biggest gains were in Personal Care and Household (+0.40 percent), Real Estate (+0.35 percent) and Utilities (+0.32 percent).

The biggest losses were in Insurance (-2.98 percent), Commerce (-0.95 percent) and Food & Beverages (-0.81 percent).

Of the stocks traded, 21 were up, 25 were down and 9 were unchanged.