Greece: Factors to Watch on March 18

Prodea Real Estate Investment SA

18/03/2014 07:58

ATHENS, March 18 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events, which may affect Greek financial markets on Tuesday: ASIAN SHARES RISE AS CRIMEA FEARS RECEDE FOR NOW, FED IN FOCUS Asian shares rose on Tuesday and the yen remained well off recent highs as the threat of immediate military conflict in Ukraine receded, though caution ahead of this week's U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting kept gains in check. European shares were poised for a steady start, with financial spreadbetter IG expecting Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE to open 5 points higher, or up 0.1 percent; Germany's DAX .GDAXI to open up 15 points, or 0.2 percent higher; and France's CAC 40 .FCHI to open flat.  ID:nASB08GOX  MIG REAL ESTATE EXPANDS IN COLORADO MIG Real Estate expands in Colorado with acquisition of 168-unit copper terrace community in Centennial  ID:nASB08GOX  DEBT AGENCY AUCTIONS 3-MONTH T-BILLS Greece auctions 1.0 billion euros ($1.39 billion) of three-month treasury bills on Tuesday to refinance a maturing issue. A previous sale in February was priced to yield 3.6 percent.  ID:nL6N0MB0IC  ECB'S SMP BOND HOLDINGS REMAIN AT 175.5 BLN EUROS The size of the European Central Bank's dormant government bond purchase programme remained at 175.5 billion euros ($244.38 billion) last week, the central bank said on Monday. The ECB updated the contents of its SMP portfolio in February, showing it had 86.8 billion euros' worth of Italian bonds, 38.4 billion of Spanish, 25.4 billion of Greek, 19 billion of Portuguese and 9.2 billion euros of Irish government debt at the end of 2013.  ID:nL6N0ME2BL  =========================================================  DISCLAIMER - The content and accuracy of the information  contained in company news releases published on this service is  the responsibility of the originating company and not of  Reuters. While Reuters makes every effort to verify with the  company concerned that any news release is genuine, it does not  perform any other checks to verify the content or accuracy of  the information in question. For other related news, double click on: ---------------------------------------------------------- EUR Money Guide      EUR/1         Greek Debt News  DBT-GR  Greek Equities Guide  GR/EQUITY    Greece's Debt   GR/DEBT  Greek Economic Indicators  ECI-GR  Government Debt  GR/GOVT  Greek Stock News     STX-GR     Greek Money News     M-GR  Greek Exchange Info  GR/EXCH1  --------------------------------------------------------- ($1 = 0.7180 Euros) (Editing Athens Newsroom) ((+30 210 3376473)(fax +30210)(3311829/39)(e-mail: athens.newsroom@news.reuters.com)) Keywords: GREECE FACTORS/