21. Greece's Finance Minister Yannos Papantoniou said in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday during a meeting to set parity rates with the euro. 22. The punt is trading 2.569 percent below its central parity rate , the biggest divergence of the nine currencies in the system. 23. The 3, 015 rial rate had only been in effect for a few weeks, replacing a 3-year-old parity rate of 3, 000. 24. Still, fixing the central parity rate below 1, 000 makes it likely " Italian stocks will be hit hard, " said Castelnuovo. 25. The franc is about 2.1 percent away from its central parity rate within the European exchange rate mechanism of 3.3538 per mark. 26. Tietmeyer's comments on the possibility of raising the punt's central parity rate in Europe's exchange rate mechanism did little to move the punt. 27. Venezuela's Central Bank said it will adjust the country's floating band exchange-rate system on Jan . 2 by setting a new parity rate . 28. "There's a lot in favor of the parity rate solution, as long as most exchange rates move close to their current parity rates," 29. Separately, Kuehbacher noted that the Irish punt has been showing the most deviation from its central parity rate in the exchange rate mechanism. 30. The punt is trading 2 . 569 percent below its central parity rate , the biggest divergence of the nine currencies in the system.
