VARAZDIN STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSES FRIDAY AT 1.7 MILLION KUNA

VARAZDIN, March 2 (Hina) - The Varazdin Stock Exchange closed down Friday with a turnover of 1,728,497 kuna, and the value of the official VIN index grew by 1.62 percent to 432.8 points. Most of the turnover was achieved through transactions of shares at privatisation and investment funds (PIF). -------------------------------------------------------------- SHARE SEGMENT PRICE/KN %CHANGE TURNOVER/kn -------------------------------------------------------------- 1.Ericsson Nikola Tesla 147.00 0.68 493,352.35 -------------------------------------------------------------- Overall SHARES segment turnover: 493,352.35 -------------------------------------------------------------- PIF QUOTATIONS SEGMENT price/kn %change turnover/kn -------------------------------------------------------------- 1.Dom 19.75 3.95 315,976.83 2.Expandia 24.04 1.43 237,245.57 3.Slavonski 11.30 3.67 203,873.82 4.SNF 23.73 0.13 130,316.90 5.Velebit 21.00 5.00 85,942.76 6.Sunce 9.50 4.86 50,809.00 7.Pleter 13.00 2.36 24,350.26 -------------------------------------------------------------- Overall PIF quotation turnover 1,048,515.14 -------------------------------------------------------------- ENTITLEMENTS QUOTATIONS SEGMENT price/kn %change turnover/kn -------------------------------------------------------------- Public Works Ministry entitlements 40.00* 0.00 186,630.00 (nominal percentage) -------------------------------------------------------------- Overall entitlements quotations turnover 186,630.00 -------------------------------------------------------------- Overall Varazdin Stock Exchange turnover 1,728,497.49 -------------------------------------------------------------- US$1 = 8.3 kuna (hina) lml