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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-05-31Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Rescued Chilean miners in Athens(ANA-MPA) -- The 33 miners that were rescued after being trapped underground in a Chilean mine for more than two months last year, will visit the New Acropolis Museum on Wednesday following an invitation by Culture & Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos.After touring the museum they will attend a luncheon hosted in their honor. The miners, whose ordeal captivated television audiences worldwide for 68 days, are visiting Athens with their families, accompanied by television crews of the three major TV channels in Chile. (ANA-MPA) Caption: A file photo dated 13 October 2010 shows the last of the 33 rescued miners, Luis Urzua (L) greeting Chilean President Sebastian Pinera (R) after arriving to the surface during the rescue operation that took place at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile. ANA-MPA / EPA/CEZARO DE LUCA More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [02] Stocks soar 5.58%Stocks recovered spectacularly at the Athens Stock Exchange on Tuesday, reflecting a rapid improvement of climate in the market on press reports of a European solution to the Greek debt crisis in June (with the approval of a new loan), and optimism over the release of a fifth tranche of an 110-bln-euro support loan to Greece as the government was nearing agreement with troika officials over a Medium-term Fiscal Strategy Program.The composite index of the market surpassed the 1,300 level to end at 1,309.46 points, up 5.58 pct, accompanied by a strong rebound in turnover (160.840 million euros). The Big Cap index jumped 6.83 pct, the Mid Cap index ended 3.70 pct higher and the Small Cap index ended 3.92 pct up. PPC (2.02 pct), Hellenic Petroleum (0.45 pct) were the only blue chip stocks to end lower, while Cyprus Bank (17.35 pct), MIG (14.29 pct), Eurobank (10.80 pct), National Bank (10.61 pct), Alpha Bank (8.59 pct) and Hellenic Postbank (8.0 pct) were top gainers. The Health (2.95 pct) and Utilities (0.73 pct) sectors suffered losses, while the Financial Services (13.16 pct), Banks (10.06 pct) and Raw Materials (6.78 pct) sectors scored the biggest percentage gains of the day. Broadly, advancers led decliners by 131 to 39 with another 33 issues unchanged. Moda Bagno (18.52 pct), Cyprus Bank (17.35 pct) and Maillis (16.67 pct) were top gainers, while AXON Holdings (18.67 pct), Aegean Airlines (11.46 pct) and Entersoft (10 pct) were top losers. © ANA-MPA SA. Intellectual rights and copyright belong to the ANA-MPA S.A. Reproduction of ANA-MPA content by visitors of this website is strictly forbidden. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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