Equity prices were rose on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) at 11 a.m. on Friday, with the basic share price index up 2.56%, standing at 742.19 points with turnover at 15.02 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks increased by 2.42% and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index was up 2.95%.

All individual sector indices moved upwards, with the biggest gains being in Banks (+6.01%), Personal & Household (+4.76%), Utilities (+4.76%) and Health (+4.06%).

55 of the stocks traded went up, 7 decreased and 5 remained unchanged.