PODGORICA (Montenegro), September 3 (SeeNews) – Montenegrin company Port of Adria [MNG:KOGE], the operator of a cargo and cruise dock at Bar harbour, led the blue-chip gainers on the Montenegrin stock exchange in August, as stock indices ended mixed, bourse data indicated.
The blue-chip index of the Montenegro Stock Exchange, MNSE10, closed August at 806.59 points, down 0.35% month-on-month.
The benchmark MONEX index, which tracks the 20 most representative shares on the Montenegro Stock Exchange, rose 1.60% in August, and closed at 11,214.62 points.
Port of Adria rose the most among the blue chips in August, adding 43.69% month-on-month to 0.1143 euro, as 45,053 of its shares changed hands in six transactions. The company generated a share turnover of 5,148 euro.
State-controlled power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) [MNG:EPCG] paced the blue-chip decliners in August, as its share price fell 8.81% on the month to 3.8238 euro. A total of 21,131 of the company's shares changed hands, generating a turnover of 80,800 euro.
Тhe bourse's total turnover fell in August to 573,449 euro ($627,234) from 1.18 million euro a month earlier.
A total of 192 transactions were concluded on the bourse in Podgorica in August, versus 218 in July. Stock market capitalisation was 3.502 billion euro at the end of August, up from 3.479 billion euro a month earlier.
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