Posted on 09/12/2001 6:19:20 AM PDT by oxi-nato
ATHENS, Sept 12 (AFP) - Greek police evacuated the Athens stock exchange and two buildings with US connections in the capital Wednesday after receiving bomb threats following massive terrorist attacks in the United States.
A police spokesman said the financial centre of the city was cleared followed two anonymous calls warning that a bomb had been planted at the stock exchange. Police searched the premises and turned up empty-handed. A Greek-American teaching institute and the offices of the American firm Procter and Gamble were also evacuated after bomb warnings, but no devices were found.
The Bourse opened for trading at 12:00 pm (0900 GMT), two hours later than usual, following Tuesday's attacks at the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon in the United States. Trading will close two hours later than normal.
Directors at the stock exchange have decided to limit fluctuations to around six percent instead of the usual fixed threshold of 18 percent. Stock exchange president Panagioti Alexakis appealed to investors to "display control."
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