December 12 (SeeNews) - The main equity indices of the Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) kept on rising on Monday, for a fifth trading session, thanks to gains in index heavyweights Podravka and Hrvatski Telekom, bourse data showed.
The 19-share equity CROBEX added 0.14% to finish at 1,934.92 points. The narrower index CROBEX10, which tracks the top ten companies in terms of free float, market capitalisation and liquidity, advanced 0.57% to close at 1,143.05 points.
In regular trading, electrical equipment manufacturer Koncar Elektroindustrija [ZSE:KOEI] was the most traded company with a turnover of almost 984,500 kuna ($137,000/130,000 euro), as its shares appreciated 1.20% to end at 840 kuna.
Software developer SPAN [ZSE:SPAN], which is a member of the broader index, ranked second by turnover with 622,000 kuna. Its shares ended flat, at 272 kuna.
In lower turnovers, food and pharmaceuticals producer Podravka [ZSE:PODR] gained 1.885% to 652 kuna in a turnover of some 260,000 kuna, and Hrvatski Telekom [ZSE:HT] increased 0.57% to close at 175 kuna in a turnover of 258,000 kuna.
The bourse's regular trading turnover reached 17.3 million kuna from 6.7 million kuna on Friday, boosted by a 2 million kuna block deal of ICT solutions provider Ericsson Nikola Tesla as 1,250 of its shares changed hands at a price of 1,600 kuna per share.
(1 euro = 7.552 Croatian kuna)