Slovenian blue chip index accelerates gains

The SBITOP added 0.69% to 522.19 points after rising 0.47% on Wednesday.

Two of the seven blue chips of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange (LJSE) closed higher on Thursday, two fell and as many closed flat. Home appliances maker Gorenje [LJE:GRVG] was not traded on Thursday.

Lender NKBM [LJE:KBMR] led the blue-chip decliners, falling 5.55% to 1.09 euro ($1.4), and was the most traded blue chip with 35,687 shares changing hands.

Drug maker Krka [LJE:KRKG] led the blue-chip gainers, rising 2.15% to 45.1 euro.

LJSE's total turnover rose to 4.9 million euro from 2.4 million euro on Wednesday.

($=0.7756 euro)