Athens News Agency: News in English, 03-03-12

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

CONTENTS

[01] Foreign Exchange Rates - Thursday

[02] Weather Forecast: Sunny start on Thursday

[03] Greek stocks fall to new six-year lows

[01] Foreign Exchange Rates - Thursday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 1.116

Pound sterling 0.688

Danish kroner 7.487

Swedish kroner 9.387

Japanese yen 130.2

Swiss franc 1.479

Norwegian kroner 7.929

Cyprus pound 0.587

Canadian dollar 1.637

Australian dollar 1.859

[02] Weather Forecast: Sunny start on Thursday

Sunshine is forecast in most parts of the country in the morning, with scattered cloud in the northeast that will turn to showers in low lying areas and snow on high ground. From late afternoon it will rain in the west, Thessaly and the northern Aegean, spreading south overnight. Winds variable, light to strong. In the north, temperatures will range from 2C to 15C; on the rest of the mainland from 6C to 20C; and in the islands from 9C to 19C. Temperatures in Athens between 6C and 19C; and in Thessaloniki from 4C to 14C.

[03] Greek stocks fall to new six-year lows

Greek stocks continued their free-fall decline to new six-year lows in the Athens Stock Exchange on Wednesday, hit by a negative climate in international markets and worries over domestic economic developments.

The general index dropped 1.60 percent to end at 1,477.91 points, with turnover a low 52 million euros.

The Textile, Construction, IT Solutions, Publication and Bank sectors suffered the heaviest percentage losses of the day (6.14 percent, 4.51 percent, 4.36 percent, 2.95 percent and 2.87 percent, respectively).

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks fell 1.90 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index dropped 1.79 percent and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index ended 1.98 percent down. The wider FTSE/ASE 140 index fell 1.89 percent.

Broadly, decliners led advancers by 247 to 65 with another 40 issues unchanged.

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