Subject: Greek Financial Market Update on June 5 Topic: misc-news From: Rising Sun Greek stocked ended higher in light trade, closing at 901.65 points or up 1.23 %. Banking sector pushed the general index up. Bank index closed up1.99%. Other sectors gained marginally, insurance and leasing sectors dropped. Technical indicators suggest not much power to continues this upward momentum. Two block trades were reported Papastratos with 3,600shs and Helenic Technodomiki with 30 m shs. Turnover was 3.4 bil drs on 1.5 mil shares traded(1.2 mil shares were advanced volume). Most active were Balcan Export(304m shs) and Kosmos(127m shs). Gen. Commerc., and Gen Hellenic Bk/r hit limit up/ Forex fixing: usd= 226.100, dem=160.600, and jpy= 267.125 -Greek foreign minister and Defence minister left on peace mission in Bosnia. Two ministers would probablly try to negotiate the release of UN personnels hel as hostages by Bosnian Serbs. - Greek May inflation is expected to be around 9.8-9.9 % y-on-y. Goldenbull