February 6 (SeeNews) - The 25-share benchmark CROBEX index of the Zagreb Stock Exchange fell sharply in morning trade on Tuesday, following a major plunge on Wall Street which has shaken global markets, bourse data showed.
The CROBEX stood at 1,829.54 points by 10:23 CET, down 3.04% from Monday's close, according to ZSE data.
By the same time, the narrower of the ZSE two blue-chip indices, the CROBEX10, has lost 2.56% to 1,061.64 points.
By 10:41 CET, trading turnover on the Zagreb Stock Exchange totalled 7.2 million kuna ($1.2 million/968,400 euro), which is at the level of full day turnover seen as recently as last week.
Most company stocks traded lower on Tuesday morning, with civil engineering company Institut IGH [ZSE:IGH] leading the blue-chip decliners with a loss of 9.46%. Peer Ingra [ZSE:INGR] followed with a loss of 7.83%, after leading the blue-chip gainers on Monday.
Croatian hotel operator Valamar Riviera [ZSE:RIVP] recorded the highest trading turnover on Tuesday morning, of 2.4 million kuna as at 10:32 CET.
(1 euro=7.43509 kuna)