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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-11-06
CONTENTS
[01] Flame of Hope in Athens
[02] Stocks slip 6.78% on Thur.
[01] Flame of Hope in Athens
The Flame of Hope will be lit for the VIII International Winter
Special Olympics, which will be held in Idaho, in the United States,
on February 3-14, 2009, on Wednesday November 12, 2008, at 12:00 at
the Peristyle of the Zappeion Mansion in Athens, according to a U.S.
Embassy press release on Thursday.
The ceremony will be addressed, among others, by Interior Minister
Prokopis Pavlopoulos on behalf of Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis,
Culture Minister Mihalis Liapis and Athens Mayor Nikitas
Kaklamanis.
The event will be attended by members of the government,
Parliamentarians, ambassadors, Natasha Karamanlis, UNESCO Goodwill
Ambassador Marianna Vardinoyannis, academics, athletes, businessmen
and the entire Greek delegation participating in the International
Winter Special Olympics.
[02] Stocks slip 6.78% on Thur.
Greek stocks suffered heavy losses in the Athens Stock Exchange on
Thursday, following a sharp decline in other European markets. The
composite index plunged 6.78 pct to end at 2,070.40 points, with
turnover a low 207.4 million euros, of which 3.8 million euros were
block trades.
All sectors moved lower, with the Raw Materials (9.12 pct), Financial
Services (9.01 pct), Constructions (8.12 pct), Banks (8.10 pct) and
Industrial Products (7.53 pct) suffering the heaviest percentage losses
of the day.
The FTSE 20 index plunged 7.34 pct, the FTSE 40 index ended 6.24 pct
down and the FTSE 80 index dropped 6.64 pct. Broadly, decliners led
advancers by 237 to 20 with another 17 issues unchanged.
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