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Athens News Agency: News in English, 02-01-30

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

CONTENTS

  • [01] Athens Stock Exchange opening: Fall
  • [02] Weak tremor recorded off Cephallonia
  • [03] Foreign Exchange Rates - Wednesday
  • [04] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Wednesday

  • [01] Athens Stock Exchange opening: Fall

    30/01/2002 11:45:41

    Equities were falling at the opening of trading Wednesday on the Athens Stock Exchange, with the general share price index down 0.98 percent at 11:15 am at 2,599.74 points and turnover at 5.8 million euros, or 2 billion drachmas.

    Individual sector indices were moving down across the board, with the biggest losses in retail trade, down 2.09 percent, and IT products and solutions, down 1.48 percent.

    The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was down 0.88 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was down 0.95 percent, and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index was down 0.91 percent.

    Of the stocks moved, 20 were up, 190 were down and 27 were unchanged.

    [02] Weak tremor recorded off Cephallonia

    30/01/2002 11:38:17

    An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale was recorded at 21:04 p.m. on Tuesday by the Geodynamic Institute at the National Observatory in Athens and by the Geophysics Laboratory at Thessaloniki University.

    The epicentre of the quake was in the Ionian sea, 15 kilometres northwest of the island of Cephallonia.

    [03] Foreign Exchange Rates - Wednesday

    30/01/2002 11:28:48

    Indicative tourist buying rates per euro

    U.S. dollar 0.869

    Pound sterling 0.615

    Danish kroner 7.487

    Swedish kroner 9.298

    Japanese yen 115.86

    Swiss franc 1.483

    Norwegian kroner 7.903

    Cyprus pound 0.580

    Canadian dollar 1.380

    Australian dollar 1.690

    [04] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Wednesday

    30/01/2002 11:28:27

    Sunshine is forecast throughout the country, with early morning mist. Winds northerly, light. In the north, temperatures will range from 4C to 20C; in the Ionian and on the rest of the mainland from 6C to 23C; and in the Aegean islands from 10C to 18C. Sunny in Athens, with temperatures between 8C and 21C. Fair weather in Thessaloniki with temperatures from 5C to 19C.


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