Athens News Agency: News in English, 03-03-21

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

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[01] Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

[02] Greek stocks end week sharply higher

[01] Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 1.065

Pound sterling 0.681

Danish kroner 7.487

Swedish kroner 9.237

Japanese yen 128.8

Swiss franc 1.487

Norwegian kroner 7.924

Cyprus pound 0.588

Canadian dollar 1.577

Australian dollar 1.797

[02] Greek stocks end week sharply higher

Greek stocks ended Friday's session sharply higher in the Athens Stock Exchange, following a recovery in major international bourses on hopes of a swift war in Iraq.

The general index jumped 2.05 percent to end at 1,570.39 points, with turnover an improved 92.2 million euros.

The Publications, Textile, IT Solutions, Construction and IT sectors scored the biggest percentage gains of the day (4.51 percent, 4.40 percent, 4.34 percent, 3.55 percent and 3.48 percent, respectively), while the Industrial and Cement sectors scored the smallest gains (1.51 percent and 0.89 percent, respectively).

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 2.51 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index ended 2.36 percent higher, the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index jumped 3.31 percent, while the wider FTSE/ASE 140 index ended 2.56 percent up.

Broadly, advancers led decliners by 312 to 29 with another 23 issues unchanged.

The general index ended the week with a net gain of 3.73 percent.

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