Daily News - 16.02.2018
Published: 16. 02. 2018

SLOVENIA

SBITOP index lost 0.22 percent SBITOP closed at 811,7 points, losing 0.22 percent

The stocks of Gorenje (2,33%) and SavaRe (0,59%) were the only two stocks of the SBITOP index that gained in their market value during yesterday's trading day. Other stocks of the SBITOP index lost between 0,2 and 1 percent.

INTERNATIONAL MARKETS

Markets up by 2 percent in a week after correction

After a recent correction, the markets around the world were largely in the green this week. European and US markets have gained about 2 percent on their market values in euro prices. On the raw materials market, copper (+ 6.99%), oil (3.61%) and gold (2.81%) gained the most in this week. The EUR / USD exchange rate again crossed the limit of $ 1.25 per euro this week.

Euro area international trade in goods surplus €25.4 bn

The first estimate for euro area (EA19) exports of goods to the rest of the world in December 2017 was €180.7 billion, an increase of 1.0% compared with December 2016 (€179.0 bn). Imports from the rest of the world stood at €155.3 bn, a rise of 2.5% compared with December 2016 (€151.4 bn).
Source:Eurostat

ECB: »Payments as fast as emails« says Yves Mersch

With the launch of instant payments in euro in November 2017, the European retail payments market entered a new era. We are moving from a world where it is considered normal to wait a day or more for a payment to arrive to a world where payments are delivered in real time. This is overdue as I consider it anachronistic that services in an e-commerce transaction are delivered in real time and even goods sometimes only take a few hours – while the settlement of payments to release such goods and services would take a full business day. Now, payments will be delivered as fast as emails, instant messages and streamed content. I believe that – as was the case in these other industries – end-users, at least the younger and technology-proficient generation, will soon start to expect instant payments. Instant has the potential to become the new normal, and we will wonder how we were ever satisfied with payments arriving only on the next business day.
Source:ECB

SERBIA

Belgrade Stock Exchange closed due to national holiday

 

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