South East European stock exchanges closed Friday’s trading session on a mixed note following the release of the economic data on EU’s second-quarter gross domestic product. The bloc’s GDP rose 0.6% in the second quarter of 2022 when compared to the previous three-month period. The figure went up by 0.7% in the eurozone over the same time period. Year over year, GDP saw a rise of 4% in both the eurozone and the EU. Annual inflation rate in the eurozone increased to a new record high of 8.9% in July, up from 8.6% in June, which the markets were expecting. Looking at the main components, energy is expected to have the highest annual rate in July (39.7%, compared with 42.0% in June), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (9.8%, compared with 8.9% in June), non-energy industrial goods (4.5%, compared with 4.3% in June) and services (3.7%, compared with 3.4% in June).
1. ATHENS – ATHEX 1.37%
2. BELGRADE – BELEX15 0.33%
3. BUCHAREST – BET -0.22%
4. ISTANBUL – BIST 100 1.93%
5. LJUBJLANA – SBITOP 0.23%
6. NICOSIA – CSE GI 0.18%
7. PODGORICA – MNSE 10 0.00%
8. SARAJEVO – SASX10 0.02%
9. SKOPJE – MBI 10 1.07%
10. SOFIA – SOFIX -0.46%
11. ZAGREB – CROBEX -0.55%