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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-08-20
CONTENTS
[01] Condemnation over players' melee at int'l basketball game
[02] Stocks sharply down on Fri.
[01] Condemnation over players' melee at int'l basketball game
(ANA-MPA) -- The relevant deputy culture and tourism minister on Friday
expressed his stern condemnation over a bench-clearing scuffle on
Thursday evening during a basketball match between the Greek and
Serbian national men's teams in Athens. The two teams were playing the
last game of the "Acropolis" tournament, a tune-up of the upcoming
World Basketball Championship in Turkey, when several players joined an
on-court melee.
Deputy Minister Giorgos Nikitiadis made the statement, while the latest
reports state that FIBA, the international basketball federation, will
also punish individual players, despite the fact that the match was
played as a friendly.
The entire incident was shown live on Greek state television before
showing up on numerous websites and blogs around the world.
[02] Stocks sharply down on Fri.
Stocks fell below the 1,600-level at the Athens Stock Exchange on
Friday, continuing a bearish mood in the local bourse, with the
composite index of the market down 3.53 percent to end at 1,589.74
points. Turnover was a lowish 81.41million euros.
The Big Cap index lost 3.72 pct, the Mid Cap index ended 2.49 pct
higher and the Small Cap index decreased by 1.93 pct. Insurances (3.65
pct) and Commerce (0.43 pct) were the only indexes up on the day, while
Petroleum products (4.43 pct) Constructions (4.13 pct) and Banks (3.96)
recorded the biggest losses.
Broadly, advancers trailed decliners by 32 to 141 with another 37
issues unchanged.
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