Athens News Agency: News in English, 01-03-29

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

CONTENTS

[01] Foreign Exchange Rates - Friday

[02] Weather Forecast-Friday

[03] ASE-close

[01] Foreign Exchange Rates - Friday

Friday's buying rates

U.S. dollar 382.392

German mark 172.829

French franc 051.531

Pound sterling 549.809

Irish punt 429.202

Belgian franc 008.379

Luxembourg franc 008.379

Dutch guilder 153.389

Italian lira (100) 017.457

Austrian schilling 024.565

Danish kroner 45.295

Swedish kroner 36.991

Finnish mark 056.852

Spanish peseta 002.032

Portuguese escudo 001.686

Japanese yen (100) 310.224

Swiss franc 221.251

Norwegian kroner 41.912

Cyprus pound 583.966

Canadian dollar 243.462

Australian dollar 188.405

[02] Weather Forecast-Friday

Scattered cloud is forecast throughout the country on Friday, turning to rain in many areas and storms in the west. Winds variable, moderate to strong. In the north, temperatures will range from 6C to 17C; on the rest of the mainland from 8C to 20C; and in the islands from 11C to 21C. Rainy in Athens from afternoon, with temperatures between 13C and 20C. Cloud in Thessaloniki, with temperatures from 10C to 17C.

[03] ASE-close

Equity prices ended lower on Thursday pushing the general index, temporarily, below the 3,000 technical support level, with the vast majority of investors, both private and institutional, remaining on the sidelines awaiting developments in international markets and results in an effort by Greek authorities to boost transparency in the market.

Traders said prices fell because of lack of buying interest and not because of selling orders.

The general index ended 1.22 percent lower at 3,013.42 points, off the day's lows of 2,996.97 points. Turnover was a low 279.644 million euros, or 95.288 billion drachmas, of which 96.490 million euros accounted for pre-agreed block trades.

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks fell 1.22 percent to 1,734.10 points, and the FTSE/ASE 40 index dropped 1.39 percent to 366.18 points.

The parallel market index for smaller capitalisation stocks ended at 330.15 points, off 0.74 percent.

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