Equity prices rose on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) on Friday, with the basic share price index increased by 3.57% at 820.03 points at 11 a.m. and turnover at 21.72 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 3.75%, and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index was up 3.45%.

All individual sector indices increased with the biggest gains being in Banks (+5.42%), Raw Materials (+4.34%), Commerce (+3.69%) and Health (+3.62%).

56 of the stocks traded increased, 4 went down and 5 remained unchanged.