BELEX15 adds 0.79%, NIS shines

NIS closed 3.29% higher at 879 dinars. A total of 1,729 NIS shares changed hands, generating the day's largest turnover of 1.5 million dinars.

At the other end, industrial gases maker Messer Tehnogas [BEL:TGAS] was the sole blue-chip loser for the day, shedding 0.12% to 25,000 dinars.

The broader BELEXline, a free-float market capitalisation weighted index, also rose, closing 1.13% higher at 2,196.58 points.

Total turnover on the Belgrade bourse fell to 15.4 million dinars ($140,900/131,800 euro) on Wednesday from 56.9 million dinars on Tuesday. Trading in Treasury bonds accounted for 6.8 million dinars of Wednesday's turnover.

(1 euro = 117.182 dinars)