February 1 (SeeNews) - Macedonian blue chip shares mostly rose this week in higher turnover, despite declines on regional and world markets, brokers said.
The MBI index tracking the 10 blue chips on the Macedonian bourse gained 0.68% this week, closing at 7,150.6 points. The only day of the week the index was down was Tuesday when it lost 0.5%.
Stock markets in southeastern Europe posted hefty losses in January, triggered by global fears of a possible U.S. recession.
Total turnover on the MSE rose to 314.1 million denars ($7.5 million/5.1 million euro) from 308.7 million denars last week. Turnover on the bourse's official floor fell to 228.3 million denars from 245.2 million denars a week earlier, while the turnover on the unofficial floor increased to 85.9 million denars from 63.5 million denars a week earlier.
Fuel retailer Makpetrol was the biggest gainer among the blue chips, rising 3.94% over the week. On the low end, Macedonia's largest steel mill, Makstil, lost 3.63%.
Following are the closing prices of the MBI components on Friday:
MBI COMPONENTS |
CLOSING PRICE IN DENARS |
WEEKLY PCT CHANGE |
MAKPETROL |
118,000 |
+3.94 |
KOMERCIJALNA BANKA |
6,550 |
+2.3 |
BETON |
34,000 |
+1.47 |
STOPANSKA BANKA |
10,000 |
+0.60 |
OHRIDSKA BANKA |
7,400 |
+0.29 |
ALKALOID |
10,000 |
+0.0001 |
TOPLIFIKACIJA |
13,006 |
-1.43 |
GRANIT |
2,000 |
-2.32 |
TETEKS |
4,200 |
-2.33 |
MAKSTIL |
523 |
-3.63 |
The bourse's broader index, MBID, closed at 7,826.19 points, down 0. 32% from last Friday. The index, which was introduced in June, includes the shares of the 14 most liquid companies over a six-month period.
The MSE's bond index, OMB, added 0.25% this week to close at 105.53 points.
(1 euro = 62.0812 Macedonian denars)