Athens News Agency: News in English, 02-12-12

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

CONTENTS

[01] Athens Bourse Close: Stocks slip, Public Power Corp. drops

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Friday

[01] Athens Bourse Close: Stocks slip, Public Power Corp. drops

The Athens bourse finished lower on Thursday with brisk trading seen in Public Power Corporation.

The general share index shed 0.19 percent to end at 1,828.09 points. Turnover was 192.0 million euros, fuelled by 97 million euros in trades in new shares of Public Power Corporation (PPC) following a new public offer last week.

PPC started 2.5 percent down to close at a loss of 0.60 percent.

The FTSE/ASE-20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks ended 0.33 percent down; the FTSE/ASE-40 for medium capitalisation paper 0.32 percent lower; and the FTSE/ASE-80 for small cap equities finished 0.75 percent down.

Of stocks traded, declines led advances at 224 to 84 with 47 issues remaining unchanged.

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Friday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 1.023

Pound sterling 0.648

Danish kroner 7.486

Swedish kroner 9.179

Japanese yen 125.5

Swiss franc 1.488

Norwegian kroner 7.393

Cyprus pound 0.577

Canadian dollar 1.590

Australian dollar 1.808

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