SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), August 16 (SeeNews) – The share indices of Bosnia's two stock exchanges, in Sarajevo and Banja Luka, closed higher on Friday, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) closed at 807.62 points on Friday, a rise of 7.52% over a week.
The broader SASX-30 index, which comprises the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, closed at 1,257 points, up by 2.40% from the value recorded on August 9.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, closed at 794.04 points, up 2.78% compared with last Friday's value.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), climbed by 5.82% to 11,188.45 points. The index tracks 25 companies.
Pharmaceuticals firm Bosnalijek was the most traded blue-chip with its shares closing unchanged from last Friday at 18,000 marka, in a weekly turnover of 32,579 marka.
SASE is based in the Federation, one of two autonomous entities that make up Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Banja Luka Stock Exchange (BLSE) is based in the other entity, the Serb Republic.
The BLSE’s benchmark index, the BIRS, closed at 595.88 points on Friday, 0.26% higher than a week earlier.
Telecommunication services provider Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] generated the largest trading turnover - of 23,429 marka - on the BLSE's official market this week, with its shares advancing by 1.81% to 0.842 marka.
BLSE’s total trading turnover grew to 2.5 million marka in five sessions this week, from 1.9 million marka in as many trading days last week. This week's turnover was generated in 239 transactions.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)