Croatian Share Indices Fall, Turnover Rises

The 24-share benchmark CROBEX index went down 1.73% to 1,884.44 points after losing 0.47% on Friday. The 20-share CROEMI index, calculated by Raiffeisenbank Austria, was 1.55% down to 1,684.3 points.

The narrowest share index, CROX, which tracks the 12 most traded stocks on the ZSE and is calculated by the Vienna bourse, lost 1.03% in euro terms to 1,156.15 points.

Blue chip T-Hrvatski Telekom, majority-owned by Deutsche Telekom, posted the session's highest turnover of 2.9 million kuna ($559,800/396,000 euro). The company's shares closed at 226.32 kuna, 0.57% down from Friday.

Shipping company Atlantska Plovidba posted the day's second largest turnover, some 2.6 kuna. Its shares ended 2.17% down at 1,099.60 kuna.

Total turnover in floor trading rose to 14.6 million kuna from 12.4 million kuna on Thursday.

The fixed-income CROBIS index ended up 0.27% at 86.42 points.

(1 euro=7.3256 Croatian kuna)