Stock Market Reacts to Warnings of Overheating

Ljubljana, 23 March - Prices dipped on Tuesday as investors seem to have listened in to warnings that a stock market bubble is in the making and that many shares are overprices. Blue chips traded mostly in the red, pushing the benchmark index down from its all-time high to 4,294.27 points, down 17.77 points. Below is a roundup of indices following today's trading:

Benchmark Index, SBI 20            4,294.27 pts   -17.77 pts         -0.41%
Investment Fund Index, PIX         3,973.76       -36.32             -0.91%
Free Market Index, IPT             3,763.63       + 6.19             +0.16%
Bond Index, BIO                      117.44       + 0.30             +0.25%
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