Trading statistics for August 2020 show an average daily turnover of EUR 1.22m (+18% YoY). Meanwhile, SBI TOP ended the month with a 0.54% increase.

The Ljubljana Stock Exchange (LJSE) published their trading statistics for August 2020, showing a somewhat lower equity turnover compared to previous months of EUR 25.57m. This translates into an average daily turnover of EUR 1.22m (+18% YoY).

Of the total value traded in the period, Krka generated EUR 13.1m or 51%, followed by NLB with EUR 6m or 24%. Next come Petrol with EUR 2.58m or 10% and Triglav with EUR 1.2m or 5%. Sava Re follows with EUR 0.96m or 4%. These 5 shares generated 93.3% of the turnover recorded by the entire (equity) market.

When observing the total equity market capitalization, it observed a 1.7% MoM increase (or EUR 111.66m) as a result of the continuation of the positive sentiment and currently amounts to EUR 6.53bn.

In August, the Slovenian equity market continued to witness continuation of the positive sentiment as SBI TOP ended the month in green, increasing slightly by 0.54% (ending the month at 848.89 points). Note that SBI TOP is still down by 8.33% on a YTD basis, which is the lowest decrease compared to all other regional indices. Of the SBI TOP constituents, Sava Re observed the highest share price performance of +8.97%, which arguably came on the back of solid H1 results.

Share Price Performance of SBITOP Constituents (August 2020)