Athens News Agency: News in English, 03-01-27

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

CONTENTS

[01] Foreign Exchange Rates - Tuesday

[02] Weather Forecast: Rain, storms on Tuesday

[03] Greek stocks follow international market lower on Monday

[01] Foreign Exchange Rates - Tuesday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 1.095

Pound sterling 0.670

Danish kroner 7.496

Swedish kroner 9.320

Japanese yen 128.9

Swiss franc 1.479

Norwegian kroner 7.515

Cyprus pound 0.583

Canadian dollar 1.663

Australian dollar 1.848

[02] Weather Forecast: Rain, storms on Tuesday

Rainy and showery weather is forecast for Tuesday in all parts of the country, subsiding later in the day. Snow will fall on high ground in the center and north and in low-lying areas of Macedonia. Winds variable, moderate to very strong, turning gale force in the Aegean. In the north, temperatures will range from -2C to 9C; on the rest of the mainland and in the Ionian from 2C to 12C; and in the Aegean islands from 5C to 13C. Cloud and rain in Athens with ranging from 5C to 11C. Same in Thessaloniki with temperatures from 1C to 9C.

[03] Greek stocks follow international market lower on Monday

A negative climate in international stock markets undermined sentiment in the Athens Stock Exchange on Monday and led investors to increased profit taking in the wake of last week's rally of prices.

The general index fell below the 1,700 level, ending 1.67 percent lower at 1,692.20 points. Turnover was a low 63.6 million euros.

All sector indices ended lower. The Publication, Wholesale and IT Solution sectors suffered the heaviest percentage losses of the day (3.96 percent, 3.72 percent and 3.68 percent, respectively).

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks fell 1.65 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index ended 1.82 percent down and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index plunged 2.84 percent.

Broadly, decliners led advancers by 309 to 28 with another 17 issues unchanged.

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