SERBIA:

NIIS: NIS to report 1Q18 numbers of Friday, 27th April, after the market close
NIS (NIIS), integrated oil&gas company, announced that it will report its 1Q18 numbers of Friday, 27th April, after the market close. As for remembrance, last year 1Q brought RSD 5.4bn in net profit and RSD 11.1bn in EBITDA.
Source: NIS

RTB Bor exports 7,523 tons of copper in three months of 2018 – Goods worth USD 54.3 million sold abroad
RTB Bor sold goods worth USD 54.3 million in the foreign market in the first quarter of 2018, an increase by 34% compared to the same period in 2017, when the export amounted to USD 40.6 million. The foreign exchange inflow in the first three months is better by a third thanks to an increase in the production at RTB Bor, an increase in the price of copper, but also of the constantly large demand for the “red metal” from the countries in the region, Kolektiv reports.
Source: Ekapija

Serbia's Jan-Feb c/a gap narrows slightly
Serbia's current account deficit edged down to 314 million euro ($386.3 million) in the first two months of 2018, from 315 million euro in the like period of last year, the central bank, NBS, said. In February alone, Serbia's current account balance showed a deficit of 249 million euro, compared to a deficit of 202 million euro a year earlier. In 2017, Serbia's current account deficit widened to 2.09 billion euro from 1.075 billion euro in the previous year.
Source: SeeNews

REGION:

LKPG: We are all waiting for Luka Koper’s 2017FY report!
Currently we are in anticipation of Luka Koper's annual report for the 2017 financial year, which, according to their own financial calendar, will be announced by the company on next Thursday. In the beginning of January, Luka Koper reported uncompleted and unaudited data on the 6% growth of shipping throughput and 8% revenue growth for 2017!
Izvor: Ilirika

KRKG: Krka takes on China sales!
Krka this week reported in its revised annual report for 2017 that they have a new company in China with local partner. The new company Ningbo Krka Menovo, is meant to be a catalyst to increase sales in their local large market, which can contribute to Krka's sales results in the coming years!
Izvor: Ilirika

Undervaluation of market prices on Slovenian market persists
On average, the market prices of Slovenian companies are not overestimated in terms of book values and revenue levels and profitability, but at the same time these companies pay a large part of their profits through dividends, which obviously deals well with the shareholders of these companies.
Source: Ilirika

Good YTD performance of Slovenian market
The Slovenian stock market has a positive return this year, it gained 3.76 percent, and thus expressed a certain degree of immunity to the consequences of the recent trade tensions in the world. By comparison, the US S & P500 index lost 1.7 percent during this period, while the German market lost even more, as the German DAX value fell by 2.53 percent this year (all measured in euros). The reason for a good return Slovenian market lies mainly in the fact that the relatively undervalued Slovenian companies published encouraging levels of profitability in the annual reports for the financial year 2017 (Krka, SavaRe, Zavarovalnica Triglav, Petrol, Cinkarna Celje ...). Many of these companies will make the bulk of their profits payable to their shareholders through high dividends, while the trend in profitability of domestic companies will most likely continue in the coming years, at least in line with expected economic growth rates.
Source: Ilriika

Consumer confidence up in April
After a two-month drop, Slovenia's consumer confidence index increased again in April, reaching the highest point on record and significantly exceeding the long-term average, the Statistics Office said on Friday
Source:STA

INO:

Dow tumbles about 200 points as Apple drags tech lower, Europe ends slightly lower amid fresh earnings, Ericsson jumps 17.5%
Stocks dropped on Friday as a decline in Apple pushed the technology sector lower. A rise in interest rates also kept a lid on equities. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 201.95 points, or 0.8 percent, to 24,462.94 as Apple as the worst-performing stock in the index. The Nasdaq composite declined 1.3 percent to close at 7,146.13. The S&P 500 pulled back 0.8 percent to 2,670.14, with tech sliding 1.5 percent. The index also broke below its 50-day moving average, a key technical indicator.
Apple shares fell 4.1 percent after Morgan Stanley said the company's iPhone sales for the June quarter will disappoint Wall Street. The stock had already fallen more than 1 percent for the week heading into Friday's session.
The decline in Apple offset a 4 percent gain in General Electric. The industrial giant reported quarterly earnings and revenue that beat analyst expectations and reaffirmed its outlook for the rest of 2018.
European equities finished Friday's session relatively flat, as investors digested a fresh batch of corporate earnings, while keeping an eye on market movements overseas. The pan-European STOXX 600 closed down 0.03 percent, while sectors ended the day mostly lower.
On Friday, tech firm Ericsson reported smaller-than-expected losses during the first three months of the year. Shares consequently finished at the top of Europe's benchmarks, soaring 17.5 percent on the news.
Shares of Air France KLM dropped 2.5 percent, after the airline said it was launching a consultation with staff members, to find an end to a strike over pay. To date, the dispute has cost over 220 million euros.
Source: CNBC, Ilirika