Athens News Agency: News in English, 02-07-10

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

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[01] Thursday weather - Sunny all over the country

[02] Greek stocks drop 1.06 percent on Wednesday

[01] Thursday weather - Sunny all over the country

Sunny throughout Greece on Thursday with a chance of scattered cloud later in the day in the midlands. Northerly winds, moderate to strong on the Aegean. Temperatures in northern Greece between 20C to 36C, on the rest of the mainland 21C to 37C, and on the islands 23C to 30C. Scattered cloud in Athens with a possibility of rain and temperatures ranging between 24C to 36C. The same for Thessaloniki with temperatures from 22C to 34C.

[02] Greek stocks drop 1.06 percent on Wednesday

Greek stocks ended sharply lower on Wednesday hit by lack of liquidity in the market and a negative climate in other European bourses.

The general index fell 1.06 percent to end at 2,162.29 points, reflecting losses in blue chip stocks, like Alpha Bank, National Bank and Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation.

The Cement and Industrials sectors scored the biggest percentage gains of the day (0.65 percent and 0.29 percent, respectively), while the Telecommunications, Banks and Insurance sectors suffered the heaviest percentage losses (1.86 percent, 1.77 percent and 1.76 percent).

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks dropped 1.41 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index eased 0.58 percent and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index ended 0.52 percent lower.

Turnover was a low 64.9 million euros, while broadly decliners led advancers by 204 to 99 with another 49 issues unchanged.

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