Monday, 11 Januarry 2010
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Market Comment
The General Index advanced 0.76% at 2,327.57, on 212m euros trading volume.
Banks up 0.85% on Friday with NBG up 2.7% and 40% of volume. In FTSE20,
Titan and Mytilineos added 3.51% and 3.32% followed by OPAP (+2.93%), while
HTO advanced to 10.67 euro. On the contrary, Intralot (-4.74%), Ellaktor (-
1.72%). Trend remains positive, yet uncertain.

Greek Macro

Production Index
The Production Index in Industry (IPI) in November 2009 as compared to
November
2008 recorded a fall of 6.1%. A year earlier, the annual rate of change of the IPI
was -8.6%.

Imports - Exports
The total value of imports-arrivals in November 2009 amounted to 3628.6 million
euros against 4220.9 million euros in November 2008, recording a drop of 14.0%.
The total value of exports-dispatches in November 2009 amounted to 1169.3
million euros against 1380.6 million euros in November 2008 recording a dropof
15.3%

New treasury bills
Greece’s Public Debt Management Agency announced Friday it will auction on
12th January a total of 1.6 bil. euro in 26-week and 52-week treasury bills.
Following are the details as reported by Dow Jones Newswires:
Date of auction Jan. 12, 2010
Issue 26-week t-bills
Maturity July 16, 2010
Amount on offer EUR800 mln
Previous auction 0.59%
Settlement date Jan. 15, 2010
Date of auction Jan. 12, 2010
Issue 52-week t-bills
Maturity Jan. 14, 2011
Amount on offer EUR800 mln
Previous auction 0.91%
Settlement date Jan. 15, 2010

1 billion euros from taxes on alcohol and tobacco
Greece expects to raise 1 billion euros in revenue by increasing taxes on alcohol
and tobacco, the Athens-based Finance Ministry said.
The special consumer charge on tobacco products will rise to 70 percent from 57.5
percent as of today, raising 930 million euros for this year’s budget, according to
the statement. An increase of 20 percent in the charge on alcoholic beverages will
bring in another 70 million euros, the ministry said.

Privatisations
Gov. stakes plans for placements. OPAP (34.43%), EYDAP (61%), EYATH
(74.5%), ELPE (35%), stay at 51% in PPC , uncertain for HTO (20%). Non-listed:
Parnitha Cazino, Venizelos Airport , DEPA+DESFA.

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