Ljubljana stock index gains ground, Cinkarna Celje paces winners

SBITOP rose 0.57% to 885.96 points, after falling 1.88% on Monday, LJSE's daily report indicated.

Cinkarna Celje's shares advanced 1.69% to a close of 181 euro on Tuesday.

Telekom Slovenije [LJE:TLSG] followed, adding 1.43% to close at 42.60 euro

At the other end, Adriatic port operator Luka Koper [LJE:LKPG] was the sole blue-chip loser, shedding 1.09% to close at 18.10 euro.

Drug maker Krka [LJE:KRKG] was the most traded company for the day, rising 1.12% to a close of 90.60 euro in 138,000 euro turnover.  

Total daily turnover plunged to 638,000 euro ($777,000) on Tuesday, from 3.3 million euro on Monday.

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