August 1 (SeeNews) - The share indices of the Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) fell on Thursday, as diversified holding Djuro Djakovic [ZSE:DDJH] paced the blue-chip losers after the company announced it swung to loss in the first half of the year, bourse data showed.
Djuro Djakovic Group said on Tuesday it turned to a consolidated net loss of 16.2 million kuna in the first half of the year, from a net profit of 5 million kuna in the like period of 2018.
Djuro Djakovic's shares closed 1.32% lower at 9.0 kuna.
Electrical equipment manufacturer Koncar Elektroindustrija [ZSE:KOEI] led the blue-chip gainers, as its shares rose 0.8% to 630 kuna.
Tourism company Valamar Riviera [ZSE:RIVP] generated the highest trading turnover among the blue-chip companies on Thursday, of 2.4 million kuna, including a 2 million kuna block transaction. Valamar's shares closed at 37.5 kuna, up 0.27%, partly recovering from Wednesday's loss of 2.6%.
The company said on Wednesday its first-half consolidated EBITDA fell 21% on the year to 84.7 million kuna.
Thursday's turnover was also boosted by a block transaction in the shares of Arena Hospitality Group [ZSE:ARNT], of 2 million kuna. The company's shares closed at 382 kuna, up 0.53%
Arena said on Wednesday its net loss narrowed to 8.8 million kuna in the first half of 2019, from 20.8 million kuna in the like period of last year.
ZSE's total trading turnover rose to 8.6 million kuna ($1.3 million/1.2 million euro), from 7.5 million kuna on Wednesday.
The 25-share benchmark index CROBEX edged down 0.01% to 1,911.40 on Thursday after shedding 0.61% in the previous trading session.
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, lost 0.02% to 1,108.82 after dropping 0.61% on Wednesday.
The fixed-income CROBIS index added 0.02% to 116.1298.
(1 euro = 7.38471 kuna)