Stock markets in South East Europe ended the week in positive territory mirroring the trend across Europe thanks to a stronger-than-expected U.S. non-farm payroll report for the month of June. Bucharest and Zagreb bucked the trend. In Romania, the economy expanded 6.40% in the first quarter of 2022 over the same quarter of the previous year, official data showed. Croatia’s trade gap widened almost 70% y-o-y in the first five months of the year. In other news, Zagreb bourse announced it boosted its stake in Skopje counterpart to 21.99%.
1. ATHENS – ATHEX 0.87%
2. BELGRADE – BELEX15 0.09%
3. BUCHAREST – BET -0.39%
4. ISTANBUL – BIST 100 0.35%
5. LJUBJLANA – SBITOP 0.60%
6. NICOSIA – CSE GI 0.77%
7. PODGORICA – MNSE 10 0.00%
8. SARAJEVO – SASX10 0.92%
9. SKOPJE – MBI 10 0.43%
10. SOFIA – SOFIX 0.68%
11. ZAGREB – CROBEX -0.82%