SLOVENIA
SBITOP lost 0.27 percent
SBITOP lost 0.27 percent. Stocks that gained the most are the stocks of were the stocks of Gorenje (0.71%). Stock that lost were the stocks of Zavarovalnica Triglav (-1.6%), Luka Koper (-1.59%) and Krka (-0.35%).
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
European indexes yesterday mostly in red
The British FTSE 100 index fell by 0.4 percent, while the pan-European Stoxx Europe 600 index ended 0.2 percent lower. The DAX and the CAC lost 0.07 and 0.8 percent.
ECB: net profit of EUR 1.28 billion
Last year, the European Central Bank (ECB) generated a net profit of EUR 1.28 billion.
Source:STA
SERBIA
EIB to provide 20 mln euro SME loan guarantee facility to Serbian banks
European Investment Fund (EIF) is going to unveil a fresh 20 million euro ($24.7 million) credit guarantee facility for Serbian banks to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the head of the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the Western Balkans, Dubravka Negre, said on Wednesday.The guarantee will be available to all Serbian banks and will be unveiled in the middle of March, Negre said in a video file posted on the website of Serbian news agency Tanjug.
Source: SeeNews, Tanjug
Serbia successfully completes three-year arrangement with International Monetary Fund – New program not to be financial
Serbia is negotiating with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about a new arrangement, which will probably be agreed, but which will not be financial, as “we don’t need financial support, not even the precautionary kind”, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said. She pointed out that Serbia had changed a lot in the preceding three years, partly because of the arrangement with the IMF, which ends on February 22, and that the country had achieved macroeconomic stability, fiscal consolidation and discipline. Brnabic emphasized that there were still structural reforms that need to be carried out and that this would be discussed with the IMF.
Source: Ekapija
EIB analyzing feasibility of Nis-Merdare-Pristina highway – Approval for first section worth EUR 240 million in the second half of 2018
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has started assessing the feasibility of the Nis-Merdare-Pristina, Dubravka Negre, Head of EIB Regional Representation for the Western Balkans, told Tanjug and added that the financing of the first section, from Nis to Plocnik, was expected to be approved in the second half of 2018. Negre said that the value of the works in the first phase (the Nis-Plocnik section) was around EUR 240 million and that Serbia was expected to receive at least 20% of it as grants, whereas the rest was to be financed through EIB and EBRD loans.
Source: Ekapija
