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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-01-07
CONTENTS
[01] Samaras calls for talks on election reforms
[02] Stocks end 1.43% higher
[01] Samaras calls for talks on election reforms
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) President Antonis Samaras on
Thursday addressed the issue of election law reforms in letters sent to
Prime Minister George Papandreou and the leaders of the political
parties in Parliament.
Samaras stated that "apparently, there is no agreement as regards
election law reform", while he called for cross-party consultation
without preconditions.
He underlined that such consultations will help "record possible
agreements and unbridgeable disagreements, allowing the drawing up of a
specific draft law based on mutually acceptable principles."
The ND president added that there could be agreement on certain points,
such as, cutting in size the very large electoral districts. He
clarified, however, that suggestions for "two-speed" parliament MPs or
the general adoption of one-seat electoral districts was not
acceptable.
[02] Stocks end 1.43% higher
Stocks ended significantly higher at the Athens Stock Exchange on
Thursday, pushing the composite index of the market above the 2,300
level again. The index rose 1.43 pct to close at 2,310.11 points, with
turnover rising further to 256.298 million euros.
The FTSE 20 index jumped 1.56 pct, the FTSE 40 index rose 0.78 pct and
the FTSE 80 index ended 0.97 pct higher. The Oil (3.72 pct) and
Insurance (3.32 pct) indexes scored the biggest percentage gains of the
day, while Utilities (0.83 pct) and Chemicals (0.24 pct) suffered
losses.
Broadly, advancers led decliners by 146 to 48 with another 48 issues
unchanged. Elfico (19.12 pct), United Textiles (16.67 pct), Pairis
(15.87 pct), Klonatex (12.5 pct) and Desmos (10.0 pct) were top
gainers, while Plias (10 pct), Texapret (9.09 pct), Boutaris (8.33
pct), Kyriakoulis (7.84 pct) and Sound-Vision (7.14 pct) were top
losers.
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