Athens News Agency: News in English, 02-09-27

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

CONTENTS

[01] Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

[02] Weather Forecast: Rain on Saturday

[03] Greek stocks find new support levels on Friday

[01] Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 0.985

Pound sterling 0.633

Danish kroner 7.486

Swedish kroner 9.178

Japanese yen 120.7

Swiss franc 1.478

Norwegian kroner 7.391

Cyprus pound 0.578

Canadian dollar 1.553

Australian dollar 1.809

[02] Weather Forecast: Rain on Saturday

The day will start cloudy, turning to rain with storms in the west. Snow is forecast on high ground in the north. Winds variable, moderate. In the north, temperatures will range from 11C to 21C; in the west from 16C to 26C; and in the rest of the country from 15C to 28C. Temperatures in Athens between 18C and 26C; and in Thessaloniki from 15C to 20C.

[03] Greek stocks find new support levels on Friday

Greek stocks sought new balancing levels in the last trading session of a volatile week in the Athens Stock Exchange, with market sentiment undermined by highly volatile European bourses, mainly Frankfurt and Paris.

The general index ended 0.18 percent higher at 1,882.93 points off the day's highs of 1,896, finding short-term support at the 1,870 level.

The Holding, IT and Construction sectors scored the biggest percentage gains of the day (2.17 percent, 1.51 percent and 0.87 percent, respectively), while the Investment, Cement and Publication sectors suffered the heaviest percentage losses (0.79 percent, 0.43 percent and 0.33 percent).

Turnover was an improved 117.9 million euros.

The FTE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 0.09 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index ended 0.66 percent higher and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index rose 0.23 percent.

Broadly, advancers led decliners by 168 to 127 with another 65 issues unchanged.

The general index ended the week with a net loss of 0.2 percent.

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