June 26 (SeeNews) - Lender Komercijalna banka [BEL:KMBN] generated the highest turnover on the Belgrade Stock Exchange on Wednesday, as stock indices ended mixed, bourse data showed.
A total of 1.2 million Komercijalna Banka shares changed hands, generating a turnover of 5.158 billion dinars ($48.9 million/43 million euro), including block transactions worth 1.155 billion dinars.
Local media reported on Tuesday that U.S.-based private equity and venture capital firm Ripplewood Advisors is interested in the privatisation of Komercijalna Banka in a consortium with Serbian investors.
In late May, Serbia's finance ministry invited expressions of interest for the purchase of at least 50.1% shareholding interest in Komercijalna Banka, including the entire state-owned stake of 41.75%.
Blue-chip Komercijalna Banka was the third largest lender in Serbia in terms of assets at the end of 2018, behind Banca Intesa and UniCredit Bank Srbija, according to central bank figures.
Komercijalna Banka paced the blue-chip gainers as its shares closed 4.16% higher at 2,854 dinars.
The BELEX15 index, which tracks the most liquid shares on the Belgrade Stock Exchange, closed 0.25% higher at 724.06 points.
Civil engineering group Energoprojekt [BEL:ENHL] paced the blue-chip losers, as its share price fell 8.96% to 610 dinars.
The broader BELEXline, a free-float market capitalisation weighted index, lost 0.21% to 1,539.51.
The total turnover on the bourse soared to 5.163 billion dinars on Wednesday, up from Tuesday's 3.6 million dinars, as 100 transactions were carried out.
Trading on the multilateral trading facility (MTP) of the exchange generated a turnover of 43,200 dinars.
No treasury bonds were traded on Wednesday.
(1 euro = 119.847 dinars)
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