Trading statistics for February show an average daily turnover of EUR 1,19m (-54% YoY). CROBEX ended February in green (+2.46%) at 1,830.19 points.

Relatively low liquidity on the ZSE continued in February. To be specific, total equity turnover amounted to EUR 23.83m (or HRK 180.9m). This translates into an average daily turnover of EUR 1.19m, representing an increase of 23% MoM.

Excluding block transactions, Valamar Riviera generated HRK 15.8m or 8.76%, while Podravka generated HRK 13.1m. Atlantic grupa comes third, accounting for 5.84% (or HRK 10.5m). Next come HT and Ingra with HRK 10.4m and HRK 8.9m respectively. These five shares generated around 33% turnover of the whole market (excluding block transactions).

As visible in the graph, of the observed Croatian blue chips, Optima Telekom observed the highest share price increase of as much as 8.3%, ending the month at HRK 6.5 per share. Next come Arena Hospitality Group and Končar with an increase of 6.3% and 4.0%, respectively. On the flip side, Hrvatski Telekom is the only Croatian blue chip to conclude the month in red (-2.4%).

As a result of the above-mentioned share price performance of Croatian blue chips, CROBEX ended February in green (+2.46%) at 1,830.19 points. Of the sector indices, CROBEXkonstrukt noted the highest increase of 17.87%. We note that all sector indices ended the month in green.

Share Price Performance of Croatian Blue chips in February (%)