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Zagreb, April 14 (CP) — The Zagreb Stock Exchange week began with a steep drop in the Crobex index and a high trade volume with some of the most liquid shares dropping to the lowest levels in a year.

Crobex value fell by 5.69 percent, the lowest since the start of January of last year, while its percentage drop is the highest since may 23, 2002, when it lost 5.9 percent in value.

Regular turnover was one of the highest over the past month totalling 130.2 million kuna, while the overall turnover stood at 147.8 million kuna. Some 5,215 transactions were made, an increase from the average 3,000 transactions.