February 1 (SeeNews) - Montenegro's Port of Adria [MNG:PORT], the operator of a cargo and cruise dock at Bar harbour, led the blue-chip gainers on the Montenegrin stock exchange in January, as stock indices ended up, bourse data indicated.
The blue-chip index of the Montenegro Stock Exchange, MNSE10, closed up 2.49% in January at 1,034.40 points.
The benchmark MONEX index, which tracks the 20 most representative shares on the Montenegro Stock Exchange, went up 2.62% in January and closed at 14,512.05 points.
A total of 551,900 Port of Adria shares changed hands in turnover of 136,347 euro in January. Port of Adria won 40.9% to 0.2471 euro.
Port operator Luka Bar [MNG:LUBA] was the only blue-chip decliner in January, as its share price fell 0.91% on the month to 0.7916 euro. A total of 31,867 of the company's shares changed hands, generating a turnover of 25,225 euro.
The bourse's total turnover fell in January to 894,137 euro ($971,817) from 13.0 million euro a month earlier.
A total of 229 transactions were concluded on the bourse in Podgorica in January, versus 1,545 in December. Stock market capitalisation was 3.571 billion euro at the end of January, up from 3.560 billion euro a month earlier.
($ = 0.92006 euro)