Athens News Agency: News in English, 02-06-10

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

CONTENTS

[01] Foreign Exchange Rates - Tuesday

[02] Weather Forecast: Mostly sunny on Tuesday

[03] Greek stocks end 0.43 pct higher on Monday

[01] Foreign Exchange Rates - Tuesday

Indicative tourist buying rates per euro

U.S. dollar 0.953

Pound sterling 0.652

Danish kroner 7.495

Swedish kroner 9.284

Japanese yen 118.8

Swiss franc 1.484

Norwegian kroner 7.484

Cyprus pound 0.585

Canadian dollar 1.464

Australian dollar 1.671

[02] Weather Forecast: Mostly sunny on Tuesday

Sunshine is forecast in most parts of the country, with showers or storms in eastern Macedonia, Thrace and the northern and eastern Aegean that will soon ease off. Winds northwesterly, moderate to strong. In the north and west, temperatures will range from 17C to 29C; on the rest of the mainland from 18C to 31C; and in the Aegean islands from 19C to 27C. Sunny in Athens, with temperatures between 19C and 30C. Same in Thessaloniki, with temperatures from 18C to 28C.

[03] Greek stocks end 0.43 pct higher on Monday

Greek stocks ended the first trading session of the week with small gains pushing the general index above the 2,300 resistance level in the Athens Stock Exchange.

A wave of buying for blue chip stocks, particularly banks, in the half hour of trading, pushed the general index 0.43 percent higher at 2,305.85 points. Turnover, however, was a disappointing low 66.4 million euros.

The Investment, Banks and Food-Beverage sectors scored the biggest percentage gains of the day (1.47 percent, 1.04 percent and 0.86 percent, respectively), while the IT Solutions, Insurance and Publication sectors suffered the heaviest percentage losses (0.47 percent, 0.31 percent and 0.31 percent).

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 0.62 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index ended 0.35 percent higher and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index eased 0.12 percent.

Broadly, advancers led decliners by 171 to 116 with another 66 issues unchanged.

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