Athens News Agency: News in English, 03-01-17

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

CONTENTS

[01] Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

[02] Weather Forecast: Cloud, showers on Saturday

[03] Greek stocks plunge to five-year lows

[01] Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 1.073

Pound sterling 0.663

Danish kroner 7.493

Swedish kroner 9.248

Japanese yen 123.3

Swiss franc 1.471

Norwegian kroner 7.332

Cyprus pound 0.583

Canadian dollar 1.643

Australian dollar 1.815

[02] Weather Forecast: Cloud, showers on Saturday

All parts of the country will see scattered cloud that is likely to turn to showers from afternoon; and early morning mist will restrict visibility. The west will see rain and storms most of the day. Snowfall is expected on high ground in the centre and north. Winds variable, moderate to very strong, turning gale force in parts of the Ionian. In the north, temperatures will range from -1C to 10C; in the west from 7C to 13C; and in the rest of the country from 7C to 16C. Temperatures in Athens between 8C and 14C; and in Thessaloniki from 4C to 10C.

[03] Greek stocks plunge to five-year lows

Fears of an imminent war in Iraq undermined sentiment on the Athens Stock Exchange on Friday and led to massive liquidations of stocks pushing share prices to their lowest levels in five years.

The general index plunged 2.15 percent to end at 1,689.59 points reversing a four-day advance, with turnover a low 70.1 million euros.

All sector indices ended lower, with Holding, Insurance, Textile, Industrial and Metal suffering the heaviest percentage losses of the day (4.74 percent, 3.21 percent, 3.05 percent, 2.93 percent and 2.77 percent, respectively).

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks fell 2.16 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index ended 2.51 percent lower, the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index dropped 2.71 percent and the wider FTSE/ASE 140 index fell 2.27 percent.

Broadly, decliners led advancers by 292 to 33 with another 31 issues unchanged.

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