Belgrade bourse BELEX15 falls on losses in Messer, Dunav

The BELEX15 lost 1.06% to close at 1,243.52 points.

Messer Tehnogas [BEL:TGAS] dropped by 6.85% to end the day at 34,000 dinars in a trade of 21 shares, while Dunav Osiguranje [BEL:DNOS] closed 0.54% lower at 1,850 dinars, generating the single largest turnover of 2.7 million dinars as 1,477 shares changed hands.

At the other end, cookware maker Metalac [BEL:MTLC], the only other blue chip that traded and the only gainer on the bourse overall, advanced by 2.33% to close at 2,200 dinars as 10 shares traded.

The BELEXline, a broader free-float market capitalisation-weighted index, fell by 0.51%, closing at 2,793.40 points.

Total turnover on the Belgrade bourse rose to 27.6 million dinars ($276,444/ 325,032 euro) from 9.7 million dinars on Thursday. Trading in government securities contributed 23.1 million dinars of the total turnover on Friday, compared to 6.7 million dinars the day before.

(1 euro = 117.431 dinars)