Athens News Agency: News in English, 01-08-28

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

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[01] Athens Stock Exchange opening: bourse falls in edgy trade

[02] Moderate quake strikes Skyros

[01] Athens Stock Exchange opening: bourse falls in edgy trade

Equities were strongly volatile at the opening of trade Tuesday on the Athens Stock Exchange, with a nervous, edgy climate at the start of the session. The general index was down 0.33 percent at 10:25 a.m. after losing initial gains to profit taking, standing at 2,779.25 points with turnover at 17.8 million euro.

Individual sector indices were mostly moving down, with the biggest losses for the foods and beverages index, down 1.78 percent. The biggest gains were for publishing, up 0.22 percent, followed by ores and metals, up 0.05 percent.

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was down 0.33 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was down 0.56 percent, and the FTSE/ASE SMALLCAP index was down 0.46 percent.

Of the stocks moved, 89 were up, 165 were down and 60 were unchanged.

[02] Moderate quake strikes Skyros

A moderate quake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale jolted the Aegean island of Skyros early on Tuesday at 00.45 a.m.

According to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory in Athens and the Geophysics Lab at Thessaloniki University, the epicentre of the quake was in the sea north of Skyros and some 140 kilometres northeast of Athens.

There were no reports of damage or injuries.

Skyros had been struck by a major earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale on July 26 this year, which had originated in roughly the same spot and caused extensive damage on the island, though fortunately there were no casualties.

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