Athens News Agency: News in English, 03-04-07

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

CONTENTS

[01] Turkish business delegation to Thessaloniki April 10

[02] Olympics organisers, publishers terminate contract

[03] Foreign Exchange Rates - Tuesday

[04] Weather Forecast: Cloud on Tuesday

[05] Greek stocks jump 2.48 pct on Monday

[01] Turkish business delegation to Thessaloniki April 10

A Turkish business delegation will visit the northern port city of Thessaloniki on April 10 to make contact with local firms seeking cooperation.

The 80-member group from Adana will also visit the Thessaloniki Chamber of Trade and Industry.

[02] Olympics organisers, publishers terminate contract

National organisers of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and publisher Ekdosis 4 with member-firms of the Lambrakis Press Organisation have terminated a contract for the international event.

Under the terms of the contract that was signed on January 9 2002, Ekdoseon 4 was to undertake publishing, production, advertising, promotion, distribution and sales of official books and maps for the games.

The firm's partners were Ellinika Grammata SA, Liberis Athens SA and Imako Media Net Group SA.

''The contract was dissolved because it worked in a way that made it particularly burdensome to implement, and unprofitable for Ekdosis 4,'' the Athens-quoted firms said in a statement on Monday.

[03] Foreign Exchange Rates - Tuesday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 1.066

Pound sterling 0.688

Danish kroner 7.485

Swedish kroner 9.248

Japanese yen 128.8

Swiss franc 1.499

Norwegian kroner 7.834

Cyprus pound 0.590

Canadian dollar 1.588

Australian dollar 1.795

[04] Weather Forecast: Cloud on Tuesday

Cloud is forecast in all parts of the country, with rain and storms iin the eastern Aegean islands and Dodecanese, easing off from late afternoon. easing off later in the day. Winds variable, light to moderate, turning very strong in parts of the Ionian. In the north, temperatures will range from -3C to 9C; in the Ionian and on the rest of the mainland from 2C to 14C; and in the Aegean islands from 7C to 15C. Temperatures in Athens between 6C and 13C; and in Thessaloniki from -1C to 9C.

[05] Greek stocks jump 2.48 pct on Monday

Greek stocks surged on Monday following big gains in international markets, with market sentiment improved on hopes that a war in Iraq was in its final stage.

The general index jumped 2.48 percent to end at 1,579.30 points, off the day's highs, with turnover an improved 103.7 million euros.

The Textile (6.02 percent), Publication (5.01 percent), IT (4.16 percent), Banks (4.07 percent) and IT Solutions (3.78 percent) sectors scored the biggest percentage gains of the day.

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 2.97 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index ended 2.20 percent higher, the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index ended 3.61 percent up and the wider FTSE/ASE 140 index rose 2.90 percent.

Broadly, advancers led decliners by 325 to 20 with another 20 issues unchanged.

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