Blue chips lower

Ljubljana, 9 March - Blue chips lost ground on Wednesday to drag the SBI TOP benchmark index 0.39% lower to 700.68 points. Among the main losing issues Zavarovalnica Triglav shed 1.52% to EUR 25.30 and port operator Luka Koper was down 1.51% to EUR 22.16. Total turnover was a modest EUR 930,000, of which drug maker Krka (-0.08% to EUR 61.45) generated EUR 190,000.