August 3 (SeeNews) - The main equity indices of the Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) on Tuesday rose for a second straight session thanks to gains in the share price of hotel operator Valamar Riviera [ZSE: RIVP], bourse data showed.
The ZSE's blue-chip 18-share benchmark CROBEX index closed at 1,953.40 points, up 0.21%.
The narrower of the ZSE's two blue-chip indices, the CROBEX10, which tracks the leading companies in terms of free float, market capitalisation and liquidity, added 0.38% to end at 1,205.76 points.
Just like on Monday, Valamar was the most liquid stock on Tuesday. Trading in the company's shares contributed 801,000 kuna ($127,000/107,000 euro) of total turnover on Tuesday.
The company's share price rose 1.69% to a closing value of 30 kuna, following an increase of 2.79% on Monday.
Valamar said last week that its operating revenue rose by 114% year-on-year in the first half of 2021, to 266.4 million kuna, on the back of a 134% increase in the number of tourist overnights, to 851,183.
The shipbuilding company Viktor Lenac [ZSE:VLEN] recorded the highest gain in the share price on Tuesday, by 6.04% to 9.65 kuna, in a turnover of 162,000 kuna.
The ZSE's turnover from regular trading fell to 4.4 million kuna from 8.2 million kuna on Monday.
(1 euro = 7.497 kuna)