Last week´s main gainers on the PSE were Unipetrol and ČEZ

The headline PX-50 index rose 0.9% last week, closing Friday at 555.5 points (the blue-chip PX-D index closed Friday at 1,373.4 points, for a gain of 1.0%). Last week’s main gainers on the Czech equity market were Unipetrol and CEZ, which rose by 4.6% and 4.5% to close at CZK 59.9 and CZK 116.1, respectively. Erste Bank rose 1.0%, and Cesky Telecom rose a mere 0.3% on the week. Philip Morris CR closed the week unchanged at CZK 13,959. Komercni banka again dominated the market in terms of volume, contributing 41% of the overall market volume of USD 195.9 mil., which was 42% above the 12M weekly average. Komercni banka lost 1.1% of its value on the week, however, and closed Friday at CZK 2,012.

This week, Unipetrol’s main subsidiaries will report their H1 2003 results on Thursday, with other blue-chip results to follow next week.

Jitka Oppitzová