In August 2022, SBITOP declined by 1.3%, ending the month at 1,129.73 points.
The total equity turnover on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange amounted to EUR 21.6m, which represents a decrease of 18.6% MoM, but a decrease of 9.2% YoY. This would also mean that during the month, the average daily turnover amounted to EUR 0.94m.
We note that no block turnover was recorded during August 2022.
Looking at the top 5 most traded stocks, they had a turnover of EUR 17.75m, which would account for 82.4% of the total turnover which is not surprising for the Slovenian market. Breaking this down further, Slovenia’s heavyweight Krka had the highest turnover, at EUR 7.73m (or 35.9%), followed by NLB with 2.86m (or 13.3%), Petrol with 2.77m (or 12.9%), Cinkarna Celje with 2.43m (or 11.3%), and Zavarovalnica Triglav with 1.95m (or 9.1%).
When it comes to prices, Slovenia’s main index SBITOP decreased by 1.3% during the month and ended at 1,129.73 points. At the same time, SBITOP TR increased by 0.1% and ended the month at 1,410.63 points.
Looking deeper at the SBITOP constituents’ performance during the month, four out of ten companies have recorded gains, while the other six declined. NLB is leading the gainers with 8.8% in August, followed by Luka Koper with 2.5%, Krka with 2.1% and Unior with 2%. The biggest decline in August 2022 was reported by Petrol by 9.6%, followed by Sava Re with 7.3%, Telekom Slovenija with 3.5%, Cinkarna Celje and Salus both declined 2.1%, and Triglab with mild loss of 0.8%.
Performance of SBITOP constituents (August 2022, MoM, %)
When it comes to YoY performance, SBITOP has reported a moderate decline of 5.4%. Looking deeper at the Slovenian SBITOP index, 6 companies declined, while only 4 reported increase in share price. The biggest gain was recorded by Cinkarna Celje, with a gain of 12.1%, followed by Triglav with 7.8%, Petrol with 3.3%, and Salus with a slight increase of 1.34%. The biggest losses were recorded by Sava Re with a 20.5% decline, followed by Unior with -17.6%, Krka with -11.6%, NLB with -10.9%, Luka Koper with 6.2% and lastly, Telekom Slovenije with -4.7% YoY decline.
Performance of SBITOP constituents (August 2022, YoY, %)
