Equity prices rose on the Athens Stock Exchange on Thursday with the basic share price index up 0.80 percentat 789.81 points at 11 a.m. and turnover at 6.765 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks increased by 0.74%, and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index rose by 0.57%.

On individual sector indices, the biggest gains were in Financials (+2.73%), Banks (+2.67%) and Oil (+2.10%). The biggest losses were in Telecoms (-1.13%) and Personal & Household (-0.33%).

Of the stocks traded, 39 were up, 11 were down and 12 were unchanged.