SERBIA:

NIIS: NIS to report FY 2017/4Q17 numbers on 27th February
NIS (NIIS), integrated oil&gas company, announced that it will report is FY 2017 and 4Q17 numbers on Tuesday, 27th February, after the market close – 14h. We expected the company’s net profit for FY 2017 to recover near 2014 level, which implies amount of around RSD 25-26bn, up 78% y/y. The company expects to see it in a similar range - RSD 23 to 24bn. The recovery in net profit arrives on the back of higher crude oil price and good cost control at the company.
Source: NIS, Ilirika

Results of privatization of RTB Bor to be known in the first half of 2018 - Transaction to be completed by the end of the year
The privatization procedure in RTB Bor is going according to schedule and the results will be published in the first half of 2018, Beta reports. The cabinet of Prime Minister Ana Brnabic says that the realization and the completion of the transaction are expected by the end of the year. They emphasize that the government and the competent institutions are working as fast as they can in order to bring the process to a close as efficiently and successfully as possible.
Source: Ekapija

Serbia’s priorities in transportation sector are modernization and completion of corridor routes
The priorities of Serbia in the transportation sector are the completion of Corridors 10 and 11, modernization and reconstruction of the railway Corridor 10, primarily the Belgrade-Budapest railway and the Nis-Dimitrovgrad railway, the construction of the Nis-Merdare-Pristina “peace highway” and a further development of air and river transport, Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic said. She talked with Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo, director of Brussels Research Group, which is preparing a report and an investment guide to Serbia, about Serbia's priorities in the field of road and railway transport, regional connecting and attracting foreign investors.
Source: Ekapija

REGION:

SBITOP lost 0.59 percent
Yesterday SBITOP closed at 818.86 points and lost 0.59 percent in value. At very low level of trade (15.46 thousand EUR) the stocks of Gorenje gained the most, soaring 5.77 percent, closing at 5.5 EUR per share. On the other side the most traded stocks of the day were the stocks of Telekom Slovenije, which droped 2.3 percent to 85 EUR per share. At very modest volumes of trade the stocks that lost were Intereuropa (-1,96%), Petrol (-1.44%), SavaRe (-1.16%) and Zavarovalnica Triglav (-0,95%).
Source: Ilirika

INO:

Dow closes 254 points lower as Walmart posts worst day since January 1988, Europe finishes on a positive note amid strong earnings, HSBC shares fall 3%
The Dow Jones industrial average fell sharply on Tuesday, pressured by a steep decline in Walmart shares and a rise in interest rates. The 30-stock index closed 258 points lower — snapping a six-day winning streak, with shares of Walmart shedding 10.2 percent. The S&P 500 pulled back 0.6 percent, with consumer staples declining more than 2%, while Nasdaq composite fell 0.1 percent as a rally in tech stocks evaporated in afternoon trading.
Walmart on Tuesday reported earnings that missed analysts' expectations for the holiday period as its e-commerce operations cooled off, overshadowing the fact that same-store sales and revenue surpassed forecasts. The retail giant's stock posted its biggest decline since October 2015.
European equities posted solid gains by the close on Tuesday, as investors shook off volatility concerns and focused on better-than-expected corporate results. The pan-European Stoxx 600 ended 0.60 percent higher provisionally, with the majority of sectors closing in positive territory.
Chemicals was a top performing sector on Tuesday, closing up 1.17 percent boosted by Covestro, which closed up 3.33 percent. The German manufacturer said it had generated cash at a faster rate than previously thought in its quarterly earnings.
SimCorp rose to the top of the STOXX 600, jumping over 12 percent by the close after reporting strong growth in its fourth quarter, and stating that its dividend payout for 2017 would be higher. France's Edenred rose 6.5 percent on the back of strong earnings that saw the company's earnings before interest and tax, and net profit for 2017, reach record levels.
Mining giant BHP Billiton posted a 25 percent rise in underlying half-year profit on Tuesday. The company also handed an extra $800 million to shareholders as it projected rising cash flows in the second half. However, its shares were off 4.58 percent by the close.
U.K. listed lender HSBC reported a jump in annual pre-tax profit but missed analysts expectations after U.S. tax changes prompted it to take a $1.3 billion write-down, causing shares to slip 3.1 percent.
From the macro side, according to German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) the producer prices for industrial products rose by 2.1% in January 2018 compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In December 2017 the annual rate of change all over had been 2.3%, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office.
Source: CNBC, Ilirika