Equity prices rose at the opening this morning on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 0.53 percent, standing at 1,265.11 points at 11:00 am, and turnover at 6.75 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.47 percent, and the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was up 0.29 percent.
On individual sector indices, the biggest gains were in Media (+7.95 percent), Utilities (+1.32 percent) and Banks (+1.92 percent).

The biggest losses were in Travel and Leisure (-0.32 percent) and Chemicals (-0.21 percent). Of the stocks traded, 40 were up, 13 were down and 11 were unchanged.