Shares Ending the Year Slightly Higher

Ljubljana, 31 December - STOCK/EXCHANGE/SECURITIES/1995
Shares and bonds at the Ljubljana Stock Exchange closed the 1995 business year at levels higher than initial, in spite of the SBI share index opening the year with a downward track. Starting at 1397.11 points on 31 January 1994 the latter surfed down, with occasional ups, to its all-times low on 13 July at 1016.99 points. As turnover increased in the second half of the year, the shares started to advance, bringing SBI to 1590.17 points on 9 November, the latter closing the year at 1448.75 points. Additionally, in October the Ljubljana Stock Exchange started publishing the bond index - BIO, which from the price of 100.56 points on 3 July climbed to 111.68 points at the end of the year.