PODGORICA (Montenegro), April 2 (SeeNews) – Oil products distributor Jugopetrol [MNG:JGPK] led the blue-chip gainers on the Montenegrin stock exchange in March, as stock indices ended up, bourse data indicated.
The blue-chip index of the Montenegro Stock Exchange, MNSE10, closed March at 832.28 points, up 1.81% month-on-month.
The benchmark MONEX index, which tracks the 20 most representative shares on the Montenegro Stock Exchange, rose by 0.72% month-on-month in March, reaching 10,638.74 points.
Jugopetrol rose the most among the blue chips in March, adding 5.55% month-on-month to 12.7514 euro, as 13,532 of its shares changed hands in 15 transactions. The company generated a share turnover of 172,552 euro.
Port operator Luka Bar [MNG:LUBA] paced the blue-chip decliners in March, as its share price fell 10.56% on the month to 0.179 euro. A total of 82,158 of the company's shares changed hands, generating a turnover of 14,707 euro.
Тhe bourse's total turnover rose in March to 1.02 million euro ($1.14 million) from 683,119 euro a month earlier.
A total of 138 transactions were concluded on the bourse in Podgorica in March, versus 190 in February. Stock market capitalisation was 3.111 billion euro at the end of March, up from 3.03 billion euro a month earlier.
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