Slovenian stock index falls further, turnover doubles

The SBITOP, which tracks the most liquid and highly capitalised stocks on the LJSE, declined 1.19% to 751.76 points after losing 1.55% on Monday.

Six of the eight blue chips of the LJSE closed lower, one rose and retailer Mercator [LJE:MELR] ended flat at 72.5 euro ($90.2) on Tuesday.

Home appliances maker Gorenje [LJE:GRVG] led the blue-chip decliners, ending 4.45% down at 5.475 euro.

Telekom Slovenije [LJE:TLSG] was the sole SBITOP gainer, closing 1.42% up at 143 euro.

Drug maker Krka [LJE:KRKG] was the most traded blue chip with 22,906 shares changing hands. Krka closed 1.74% down at 56.6 euro.

Total daily turnover on the LJSE doubled to 2.8 million euro from 1.4 million euro on Monday.

($=0.8041 euro)