Athens News Agency: News in English, 04-04-30

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

CONTENTS

[01] Weather Forecast: Cloud on Saturday

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates: Monday

[03] Athens Bourse Close: Stocks drop but hold 2,500 pts

[01] Weather Forecast: Cloud on Saturday

Cloud is forecast in all parts of the country, that may turn to showers mainly in the northwest and eastern Aegean. Winds east-northeasterly, light to moderate. Temperatures in Athens from 13C to 23C and in Thessaloniki between 11C and 21C.

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates: Monday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 1.204

Pound sterling 0.679

Danish kroner 7.500

Swedish kroner 9.221

Japanese yen 132.9

Swiss franc 1.563

Norwegian kroner 8.286

Cyprus pound 0.591

Canadian dollar 1.651

Australian dollar 1.671

[03] Athens Bourse Close: Stocks drop but hold 2,500 pts

The Athens bourse finished lower but the general index managed to hold support at 2,500 points, traders said.

The general share index shed 1.02 per cent to end at 2,517.62 points. Turnover was 147.8 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE-20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks ended 1.08 per cent down; the FTSE/ASE-40 for medium capitalisation paper 0.99 per cent lower; and the FTSE/ASE-80 for small cap equities lost 0.38 per cent.

Of stocks traded, declines led advances at 188 to 115 with 61 issues remaining unchanged.

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