ADEX closing report

The September contract on the FTSE 20 index was trading at a discount of 0.18 pct in the Athens Derivatives Exchange on Wednesday, with turnover rising to 49.788 million euros. Volume on the Big Cap index totaled 11,927 contracts worth 34.541 million euros, with 28,607 short positions in the market.
Volume in futures contracts on equities totaled 41,479 contracts worth 15.247 million euros, with investment interest focusing on National Bank’s contracts (14,985), followed by Eurobank (4,903), MIG (1,288), OTE (879), PPC (749), OPAP (838), Piraeus Bank (7,088), Alpha Bank (3,669), Marfin Popular Bank (3,279), Cyprus Bank (1,212), Hellenic Postbank (436) and Mytilineos (469).

Foreign Exchange rates – Thursday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank:
U.S. dollar  1.464
Pound sterling  0.913
Danish kroner   7.571
Swedish kroner  9.342
Japanese yen 118.68
Swiss franc   1.221
Norwegian kroner  7.922
Canadian dollar  1.424
Australian dollar  1.378