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Serbia's annual inflation quickens to 4.4% in Oct

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Key takeaways

  • Serbia's annual consumer price inflation accelerated to 4.4% in October from 4.1% in September, touching its highest point in fourteen months, as energy, transport and food costs remained elevated, the statistics office said on Thursday.
  • Exposed: EEM, EMB, EMLC
  • Market reaction: EEM −1.5% on the day; EMB −0.8% on the day; EMLC −0.6% on the day

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Serbia's annual inflation quickens to 4.4% in Oct

Serbia's annual consumer price inflation accelerated to 4.4% in October from 4.1% in September, touching its highest point in fourteen months, as energy, transport and food costs remained elevated, the statistics office said on Thursday.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • XRT SPDR S&P Retail ETF

    SPDR S&P Retail ETF: it holds retailers. Linked by “consumer” (retail and consumer goods) in this story.

  • XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR+5.7% 30d

    Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR: it holds retailers. Linked by “consumer” (retail and consumer goods) in this story.

  • EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF-3.3% 13d

    iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF holds stocks listed in emerging markets, which this story is about (“serbia”).

  • EMB iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF+0.3% 6d

    iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF holds emerging-market government bonds, which react to inflation and interest-rate news like this one in emerging markets

  • EMLC VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF-1.6% 30d

    VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF holds emerging-market bonds in local currencies, which move with rate and currency news like this from emerging markets.

  • WMT Walmart+19.7% 30d

    Walmart (variety stores): retailers move with shopper spending and import costs. Linked by “consumer” (retail and consumer goods) in this story.

  • AMZN Amazon.com+7.2% 30d

    Amazon.com (catalog and mail-order houses): retailers move with shopper spending and import costs. Linked by “consumer” (retail and consumer goods) in this story.

  • COST Costco Wholesale+18.8% 30d

    Costco Wholesale (variety stores): retailers move with shopper spending and import costs. Linked by “consumer” (retail and consumer goods) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
XRT-1.37%+0.47%base-1.72%after closeafter closeafter close
XLY-2.75%-0.01%base-0.45%after closeafter closeafter close
EEM-6.42%-1.63%base-1.52%after closeafter closeafter close
EMB-0.03%+0.53%base-0.81%after closeafter closeafter close
EMLC+0.45%+1.06%base-0.57%after closeafter closeafter close
WMT+1.59%-0.08%base+0.18%after closeafter closeafter close
AMZN-2.10%+0.26%base+0.46%after closeafter closeafter close
COST-1.92%-1.90%base+0.51%after closeafter closeafter close

Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

Serbia's annual inflation quickens to 4.4% in Oct SeeNews

Source: SeeNews

Price since this story was published: Ishares Tr (EEM)

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
AMZNthat day+0.46%final price
AMZNthree days earlier+0.26%final price
AMZNfive days earlier-2.10%final price
COSTthat day+0.51%final price
COSTthree days earlier-1.90%final price
COSTfive days earlier-1.92%final price
Ishares Tr (EEM)that day-1.52%final price
Ishares Tr (EEM)three days earlier-1.63%final price
Ishares Tr (EEM)five days earlier-6.42%final price
Ishares Tr (EMB)that day-0.81%final price
Ishares Tr (EMB)three days earlier+0.53%final price
Ishares Tr (EMB)five days earlier-0.03%final price
Vaneck J. P. Morgan Em Local Currency Bond Etf (EMLC)that day-0.57%final price
Vaneck J. P. Morgan Em Local Currency Bond Etf (EMLC)three days earlier+1.06%final price
Vaneck J. P. Morgan Em Local Currency Bond Etf (EMLC)five days earlier+0.45%final price
WMTthat day+0.18%final price
WMTthree days earlier-0.08%final price
WMTfive days earlier+1.59%final price
XLYthat day-0.45%final price
XLYthree days earlier-0.01%final price
XLYfive days earlier-2.75%final price
XRTthat day-1.72%final price
XRTthree days earlier+0.47%final price
XRTfive days earlier-1.37%final price

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Who is named in “Serbia's annual inflation quickens to 4.4% in Oct”

Companies mentioned with this story

  • EEM Ishares Tr

    Ishares Tr (EEM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Nov 2026 story “Serbia's annual inflation quickens to 4.4% in Oct.” Reason on file: iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF holds stocks listed in emerging markets, which this story is about (“serbia”)

  • EMB Ishares Tr

    Ishares Tr (EMB) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Nov 2026 story “Serbia's annual inflation quickens to 4.4% in Oct.” Reason on file: iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF holds emerging-market government bonds, which react to inflation and interest-rate news like this one in emerging markets

  • EMLC Vaneck J. P. Morgan Em Local Currency Bond Etf

    In “Serbia's annual inflation quickens to 4.4% in Oct,” Vaneck J. P. Morgan Em Local Currency Bond Etf (EMLC) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF holds emerging-market bonds in local currencies, which move with rate and currency news like this from emerging markets

How “Serbia's annual inflation quickens to 4.4% in Oct” reaches Ishares Tr (EEM)

Ishares Tr (EEM) is the company in “Serbia's annual inflation quickens to 4.4% in Oct,” the 12 Nov 2026 this story story.

What ties Ishares Tr (EEM) to the headline is this: iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF holds stocks listed in emerging markets, which this story is about (“serbia”)

Ishares Tr (EMB) is here too. Its reason reads: iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF holds emerging-market government bonds, which react to inflation and interest-rate news like this one in emerging markets

The price range for Ishares Tr (EEM), and the dates in the story

EEM traded between 65.24 and 68.87 across 11 sessions. The latest close on file is 65.76. EMB traded between 90.23 and 91.35 across 6 sessions. The latest close on file is 91.26. EMLC traded between 24.50 and 25.02 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 24.56.

What the saved facts support for Ishares Tr (EEM)

27 out of 100

“Serbia's annual inflation quickens to 4.4% in Oct” scores 27 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 3 linked companies.