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Athens News Agency: News in English, 01-03-20

Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article

From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

  • [01] New airport open to public
  • [02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Tuesday
  • [03] Weather Forecast-Tuesday
  • [04] ASE opening: Positive climate

  • [01] New airport open to public

    20/03/2001 11:01:45

    Athens' new international airport at Spata, the 'Eleftherios Venizelos', will be opened to the public on Tuesday and Wednesday for tours around the new airport's facilities.

    Those wishing to visit the new airport will be able to get there on free buses, which depart from the Ethniki Amyna metro terminal from 9:00 until 16:00 local time.

    The airport will be inaugurated on March 27 by Prime Minister Costas Simitis, in the presence of President of the Republic Kostis Stephanopoulos.

    [02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Tuesday

    20/03/2001 10:53:20

    Tuesday's buying rates

    U.S. dollar 375.730

    German mark 172.829

    French franc 051.531

    Pound sterling 537.231

    Irish punt 429.202

    Belgian franc 008.379

    Luxembourg franc 008.379

    Dutch guilder 153.389

    Italian lira (100) 017.457

    Austrian schilling 024.565

    Danish kroner 45.285

    Swedish kroner 36.993

    Finnish mark 056.852

    Spanish peseta 002.032

    Portuguese escudo 001.686

    Japanese yen (100) 307.758

    Swiss franc 220.151

    Norwegian kroner 41.613

    Cyprus pound 583.595

    Canadian dollar 239.762

    Australian dollar 188.207

    [03] Weather Forecast-Tuesday

    20/03/2001 10:49:18

    Sunshine is forecast around the country on Tuesday, with scattered cloud in the east and north. Winds variable, moderate to strong. On the northern mainland, temperatures will range from 7C to 18C; on the rest of the mainland from 9C to 23C; and in the islands from 12C to 22C. Scattered cloud in Athens during the morning with temperatures between 12C and 23C. Same in Thessaloniki, with temperatures from 9C to 18C.

    [04] ASE opening: Positive climate

    20/03/2001 10:42:14

    There was a positive climate as trading opened on the Athens Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with the general index up 0.83 per cent at 3,098.27 points and turnover at 8.6 million euros or 2.9 billion drachmas.

    All individual sector indices were rising, with most gains for the textile industry with 2.67 per cent, followed by construction with 2.56 per cent.

    Of the stocks traded, 246 were moving up, 20 were moving down, and 18 remained unchanged.


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