Athens News Agency: News in English, 03-04-01

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

CONTENTS

[01] Vodafone announces action for children, health and environment

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Tuesday

[03] Weather Forecast: Scattered cloud, showers on Wednesday

[04] Greek stocks end slightly up on Tuesday

[01] Vodafone announces action for children, health and environment

Vodafone-PanafonSA, which is quoted on the Athens bourse, on Wednesday announced a programme to promote health, protect the environment and help children.

Among the mobile phone operator's activities are recycling for batteries and paper, energy saving schemes, tree planting and nature conservation programmes in conjuntion with the WWF.

A special programme this year is devoted to helping the dolphin.

Among the firm's child welfare programmes are aid for children with learning and physical difficulties and a mobile paediatric unit in conjunction with Doctors of the World.

Panafon's assistance in the health sector includes a programme to monitor electromagnetic emissions, implemented with the National Technical University of Athens.

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Tuesday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 1.097

Pound sterling 0.696

Danish kroner 7.485

Swedish kroner 9.302

Japanese yen 129.8

Swiss franc 1.488

Norwegian kroner 7.988

Cyprus pound 0.588

Canadian dollar 1.612

Australian dollar 1.819

[03] Weather Forecast: Scattered cloud, showers on Wednesday

Scattered cloud and showers are forecast in many parts of the country, with overcast weather in the west and north. Storms may break out in Crete and the Dodecanese. Winds east-northeasterly, light to moderate, turning strong in the Aegean. In the north, temperatures will range from 5C to 14C; and in the Ionian and on the rest of the mainland from 7C to 17C; and in the Aegean islands from 11C to 16C. Temperatures in Athens between 8C and 17C; and in Thessaloniki from 8C to 14C.

[04] Greek stocks end slightly up on Tuesday

Greek stocks ended Tuesday's session slightly higher in the Athens Stock Exchange, reversing Monday's sharp fall to new six-year lows.

The general index ended 0.50 percent higher at 1,474.65 points, with turnover a low 45.1 million euros.

The Telecommunications, Construction and IT Solutions sector scored the biggest percentage gains of the day (2.27 percent, 1.81 percent and 1.72 percent, respectively), while the Food-Beverage (0.50 percent), Banks (0.36 percent) and Industrials (0.25 percent) suffered the heaviest percentage losses.

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 0.16 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index ended 0.67 percent higher, the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index jumped 1.28 percent and the FTSE/ASE 140 index ended 0.36 percent up.

Broadly, advancers led decliners by 220 to 80 with another 57 issues unchanged.

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