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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-06-17Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] France donates Louvre etchings inspired by Alexander the Great to Dion Museum(ANA-MPA) -- Two etchings by French artist Sebastien Leclerc (1637-1714), displayed at the Louvre Museum, will be delivered to Archaeological Museum of Dion, in northern Greece, by French consul general to Thessaloniki Christian Thimonier.The items were donated by French authorities. Both works, inspired by Alexander the Great, were created for Louis XIV and have already been on display at Dion during the "Louvre at Dion" exhibition, held within the framework of the annual Olympus Festival last summer. The works, entitled "Entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon" (1704), and "Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts" (1698), will be delivered to the Archaeological Museum of Dion on Monday. The site, near the border of the Macedonia and Thessaly provinces, owes its name to the important ancient sanctuary dedicated to mythical Zeus. (ANA-MPA) More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [02] Stocks end significantly higherNews of a Franco-German agreement over a new support programme for Greece, along with the announcement of a new government, helped Greek stocks to a strong recovery on Friday in the Athens Stock Exchange.The composite index of the market jumped 3.80 pct to end at 1,254.02 points, off the dayâs highs of 1,272.45 points, recovering a big part of a 4.64 pct loss recorded in the previous two sessions. The index was up 0.13 pct in the week. Turnover soared to 145.174 million euros. The Big Cap index jumped 5.06 pct, the Mid Cap index rose 3.08 pct and the Small Cap index ended 5.95 pct higher. MIG (14.29 pct), Eurobank (9.31 pct), Marfin Popular Bank (8.62 pct) and National Bank (8.45 pct) were top gainers among blue chip stocks, while Jumbo (1.17 pct) and Viohalco (0.25 pct) were top losers. The Personal Products sector (-0.25 pct) was the only one to end lower, while Financial Services (11.53 pct), Banks (7.82 pct) and Technology (4.19 pct) scored the biggest percentage gains of the day. Broadly, advancers led decliners by 121 to 26 with another 33 issues unchanged. Kekrops (19.61 pct), Vovos (19.54 pct) and MIG (14.29 pct) were top gainers, while Unibios (16.67 pct), Sanyo Hellas (11.11 pct) and Dimitriou (11.11 pct) were top losers. © ANA-MPA SA. Intellectual rights and copyright belong to the ANA-MPA S.A. Reproduction of ANA-MPA content by visitors of this website is strictly forbidden. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |