Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-12-16

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

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[01] Athens Stock Exchange opening: Rise

[02] Athens Newspaper Headlines

[01] Athens Stock Exchange opening: Rise

Individual sector indices were moving mostly upward, with the biggest gains in Food and Beverages, up 2.32 percent; and Banks, up 1.89 percent.

The biggest losses were in Constructions, down 1.23 percent; and Commerce, down 1.03 percent.

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.95 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was down 0.06 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was up 0.41 percent.

Of the stocks traded, 31 were up, 19 were down, and 9 were unchanged.

[02] Athens Newspaper Headlines

The reserve labour measures and the possibility of layoffs in the public sector, the asphyxiation of the market due to lack of liquidity, and rumours of a government reshuffle, mostly dominated the headlines on Friday in Athens' newspapers.

AVGHI: "Unemployment bomb".

AVRIANI: "The Memorandum failed and destroyed the country".

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Nine out of ten Greeks on the verge of bankruptcy".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Reserve labour and civil servants in their fifties as well".

ESTIA: "We are paying the (the price of) socialism".

ETHNOS: "Back-stabbing during the Cabinet meeting on the reserve labour measure".

IMERISSIA: "Electrocution by PPC".

KATHIMERINI: "Government reshuffle scenarios on the front stage".

NAFTEMPORIKI: "Cutback of 150,000 job positions in public sector".

RIZOSPASTIS: "Striking steelworkers rally on Saturday in Athens".

TA NEA: "The reserve labour measure failed, layoffs on the horizon".

VRADYNI: "Fictitious years to avoid layoffs".

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