Athens News Agency: News in English, 04-03-24

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

CONTENTS

[01] Athens Bourse: Closing Prices

[02] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Thursday

[03] Foreign Exchange Rates: Thursday

[04] Athens Bourse Close: Stocks slip in volatile trade

[01] Athens Bourse: Closing Prices

Sector indices ended as follows:

Banks: -1.20%

Telecoms: -1.69%

Insurance: +0.68%

Investment: +0.38%

Construction: +0.95%

Textiles: +0.22%

Industrials: +1.48%

Holding: -0.54%

Base metals: -0.67%

Minerals: +0.74%

Retailing: +0.37%

Information Technology: -0.20%

IT solutions: +0.03%

Publishing: +3.37%

Wholesale: +0.45%

Food & Beverages: +0.53%

Refineries: +1.82%

Real Estate Management: +1.08%

Parallel Market for smaller cap stocks: +0.01%

Selected shares from the MSCI index closed in euros as follows:

Alpha Bank: 24.88

Coca Cola 20.04

EFG Eurobank Ergasias: 15.84

Aluminium de Grece: 13.24

Public Power Corp: 20.56

National Bank of Greece: 19.82

Hellenic Petroleum: 6.98

Emporiki Bank: 18.78

Intracom: 4.44

Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation 11.16

Titan Cement Company (common): 35.00

Motor Oil: 7.44

The most heavily traded stocks in turnover were Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation, Alpha Bank, National Bank of Greece, and Cosmote.

[02] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Thursday

Sunny weather is forecast in all parts of the country, although the northwest may see some rain. Winds south-southwesterly, moderate to strong, turning very strong in the south. Temperatures in Athens 10C to 20C and in Thessaloniki from 8C to 19C.

[03] Foreign Exchange Rates: Thursday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 1.229

Pound sterling 0.670

Danish kroner 7.507

Swedish kroner 9.315

Japanese yen 130.8

Swiss franc 1.565

Norwegian kroner 8.496

Cyprus pound 0.590

Canadian dollar 1.643

Australian dollar 1.646

[04] Athens Bourse Close: Stocks slip in volatile trade

The Athens bourse finished lower on Wednesday in a nervous market, traders said.

The general share index shed 0.26 per cent to end at 2,295.32 points. Turnover was 135.2 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE-20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks ended 0.73 per cent down; the FTSE/ASE-40 for medium capitalisation paper 0.62 per cent higher; and the FTSE/ASE-80 for small cap equities gained 0.39 per cent.

Of stocks traded, advances led declines at 185 to 116 with 61 issues remaining unchanged.

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