Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-02-10

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[01] American Jewish Organisations

[02] ASE opening: Decline 

[01] American Jewish Organisations

He also expressed optimism over the widening of cooperation and the strengthening of relations between Greece and Israel.

"Take with you on leaving Greece the image of a country that is toiling to overcome the current economic crisis and of a hospitable place that is being modernised and can constitute a point of reference for various personal and collective creative activities," he said.

President Papoulias assured that Greece does not tolerate cases of anti-Semitism and intolerance and referred to the countryâs efforts for peace in the region, criticising the stance of Turkey and its non-compliance with the principles of the EU.

"Greece shall not tolerate a fictitious accession process in which Turkey will be taking gradually from the EU all that it wants, without the fulfillment of its obligations towards the EU," he said.

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[02] ASE opening: Decline

Individual sector indices were moving mostly downward, with the biggest gains in Mass Media, up 5.52 percent; and Commerce, up 0.92 percent.

The biggest losses were in Financial Services, down 3.71 percent; and Banks, down 1.89 percent.

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was down 1.36 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was down 0.25 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was down 0.39 percent.

Of the stocks traded, 33 were up, 69 were down, and 15 were unchanged.

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