Athens News Agency: News in English, 03-02-27

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

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[01] Weather Forecast: Cloudy on Friday

[02] Greek stocks drop to new five-year lows

[01] Weather Forecast: Cloudy on Friday

Cloud is forecast in all parts of the country. Early morning visibility will be limited on the mainland. Winds east-northeasterly, moderate. In the north, temperatures will range from -5C to 12C; on the rest of the mainland from -2C to 14C; and in the islands from -3C to 14C. Temperatures in Athens between 3C and 13C; and in Thessaloniki from 0C to 12C.

[02] Greek stocks drop to new five-year lows

Greek stocks dropped to new five-year lows on Thursday in the Athens Stock Exchange, following a negative trend in international markets.

The general index eased 0.23 percent to end at 1,613.58 points, with turnvoer a low 94.2 million euros.

The IT Solutions, Insurance and Cement sectors scored the biggest percentage gains of the day (2.46 percent, 1.15 percent and 1.0 percent, respectively), while the Telecommunications (1.69 percent), Construction (0.71 percent) and Textiles (0.47 percent) suffered the heaviest percentage losses.

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks fell 0.45 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index rose 0.54 percent, the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index fell 0.45 percent and the wider FTSE/ASE 140 index ended 0.27 percent lower.

Broadly, advancers led decliners by 169 to 107 with another 78 issues unchanged.

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