Blue Chips Hit Hard by Selling

Ljubljana, 5 March - After weathering last week's shaky global action without major falls, Slovenian blue chips went into a dive on the first day of the new trading week. With all the big names hit by extensive selling, the SBI 20 benchmark index was down 186.87 points (2.64%) to 6,889.10 on Monday, its biggest single-day fall in nearly 18 months.