Athens News Agency: News in English, 03-11-24

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

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[01] Weather Forecast: Mostly fine on Tuesday

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates: Tuesday

[03] Greek stocks end Monday's session 0.84 pct higher

[01] Weather Forecast: Mostly fine on Tuesday

Scattered cloud and humidity in all parts of the country with early morning mist is forecast for Tuesday. Winds variable, light. Temperatures are to remain high for the time of year, with a minimum of 12C and maximum of 21C in Athens; and in Thessaloniki, 7C to 17C.

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates: Tuesday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 1.191

Pound sterling 0.701

Danish kroner 7.495

Swedish kroner 9.033

Japanese yen 129,9

Swiss franc 1.565

Norwegian kroner 8.229

Cyprus pound 0.588

Canadian dollar 1.558

Australian dollar 1.652

[03] Greek stocks end Monday's session 0.84 pct higher

Greek stocks ended the first trading session of the week higher in the Athens Stock Exchange with sentiment encouraged by a positive trend in other European markets. Buying interest focused on banks and telecommunication stocks.

The general index rose 0.84 percent to end at 2,1235.27 points, with turnover a moderate 98.4 million euros.

The Cement and Food-Beverage sectors were the only ones to suffer losses (1.32 percent and 0.53 percent, respectively), while the Base Metals (2.35 percent), Construction (1.89 percent) and Publications (1.80 percent) scored the biggest percentage gains of the day.

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 0.88 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index ended 0.66 percent higher and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index rose 1.16 percent.

Broadly, advancers led decliners by 200 to 94 with another 57 issues unchanged.

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