Athens News Agency: News in English, 02-06-28

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

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[01] Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

[02] ASE ends week 1.79 percent higher

[01] Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

Indicative tourist buying rates per euro until Monday

U.S. dollar 0.998

Pound sterling 0.650

Danish kroner 7.429

Swedish kroner 9.102

Japanese yen 118.2

Swiss franc 1.472

Norwegian kroner 7.430

Cyprus pound 0.580

Canadian dollar 1.501

Australian dollar 1.770

[02] ASE ends week 1.79 percent higher

Greek stocks ended the last trading session of the week with small gains in the Athens Stock Exchange on Friday, led by gains in blue chip stocks like National Bank.

The general index ended 0.36 percent higher at 2,237.86 points, with turnover a moderate 109.6 million euros.

The Insurance, IT Solutions and Publication sectors suffered the heaviest percentage losses (4.96 percent, 1.41 percent and 0.46 percent, respectively), while the Food-Beverage, Cement and Investment sectors scored the biggest percentage gains of the day (1.14 percent, 1.07 percent and 1.04 percent).

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 0.51 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index ended 0.36 percent higher and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index eased 0.28 percent.

Broadly, decliners led advancers by 165 to 140 with another 52 issues unchanged. The general index ended the week with a net gains of 1.79 percent.

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