Following a three-day drop, the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) opened trading with a rise on Friday, with the basic share price index increasing 0.24%, standing at 829.94 points at 11:00 am and turnover at 9.61 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks fell 0.87%, and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index dropped 0.06%.

25 of the stocks traded were rising, 37 were falling and 11 remained unchanged.