Almost all bond funds among open-end mutual funds administered by members of the Asset Management Companies Association (ASS) got into moderate losses last week, while the other types of funds continued to slightly gain in value. Equity Fund Telecom of KBC group was doing the best among mutual fund last week, gaining over 5 percent. Net sales of units of mutual funds, the difference between the value of issued and returned units, reached SKK 301.2 million last week, according to weekly data released by ASS.

USD International Bond of WIOF was the least successful bond fund, weakening 1.15 percent in a week. Six more funds closed the week with a loss of over 1- percent as well. The already mentioned Equity Fund Telecom reported the best performance among equity funds, gaining 5.05 percent. Two funds of Volksbanken-KAG made gains of more than 4 percent last week too. Equity Fund Biotechnology of KBC group suffered the deepest loss from equity funds, falling 4.54 percent. Kredit under administration of Prva Penzijna was the least successful mixed fund, going down 6.73 percent.

Dolarovy Penazny Dividendovy Fond, administered by Tatra Asset Management, posted the highest weekly gains of 1.63 percent among money-market funds, while Multi Cash CAD Medium of KBC showed the weakest performance in this group, losing 0.27 percent. Master Fund Optimum of the same asset management company was also doing the worst among master funds, closing the week 0.26 percent weaker. On the other hand, Quartett Wachstum of Volksbanken-KAG posted the highest gains in the group of 1.94 percent.

Out of sales of all ASS members last week, net sales of bond funds amounted to SKK 226.3 million. Net sales of money-market funds stood at SKK 64.8 million. Funds under Tatra Asset Management administration reported the highest net sales of SKK 101.5 million last week, chiefly thanks to the sale of units of Korunovy Dlhopisovy Fond.