Belgrade bourse BELEX15 lifted by NIS

BELGRADE (Serbia), December 25 (SeeNews) - BELEX15, the blue-chip index of the Belgrade Stock Exchange, rose slightly on Wednesday, lifted by gains in oil and gas company NIS [BEL:NIIS], bourse data showed.

The BELEX15 added 0.09% to close at 1,140.08 points.

NIS was the only blue-chip gainer, rising by 1.04% to 780 dinars at close as 345 shares traded.

At the other end, insurer Dunav Osiguranje [BEL:DNOS] was the only blue-chip decliner, falling by 0.60% to close at 1,320 dinars in a trade of 35 shares.

Aerodrom Nikola Tesla [BEL:AERO] closed flat at 2,000 dinars as 214 shares changed hands. Construction company Jedinstvo [BEL:JESV] also closed unchanged, at 8,120 dinars, as 25 shares traded.

No other blue chips traded on Wednesday.

The broader BELEXline, a free-float market capitalisation-weighted index, also slightly rose, by 0.04%, closing at 2,441.46 points.

Total turnover on the Belgrade bourse declined to 21.8 million dinars ($193,908/ 186,290 euro) from 29.2 million dinars on Tuesday. Trading in government securities accounted for some 10.7 million dinars of the total on Wednesday, compared to 1.9 million dinars on Tuesday.

(1 euro = 117.021 dinars)