SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), December 2 (SeeNews) – The share indices of Bosnia's two bourses, the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) and the Banja Luka Stock Exchange (BLSE) ended the week in negative territory, bourse data indicated.
SASE's 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index lost 1.57% from last week to 685.91 points on Friday. SASE did not operate last Friday due to a state holiday.
The broader SASX-30 index, comprising the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, closed at 962.60 points, 0.83% lower compared to last week.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, fell 0.30% from last week's level, closing at 985.71 points.
The Islamic stock index, launched recently by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), fell by 0.69% to 9,733 points. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE's total trading turnover rose to 18.9 million marka ($10.3 million/9.7 million euro) from 18.2 million marka last week.
Drug maker Bosnalijek [SAJ:BSNLR] was the most traded stock on SASE's official market. The stock generated a trading turnover of 30,288 marka this week.
SASE is based in the Federation, one of the two autonomous entities that make up Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The BLSE is based in the other entity, the Serb Republic.
BLSE’s benchmark index, the BIRS, fell 0.17% from Friday last week, reaching 563.44 points.
The bourse's investment fund index, the FIRS, fell 1.7% from last week's level, closing at 1,592.16 points on Friday.
Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] generated the biggest weekly trading turnover, of 34,072 marka, on BLSE's official market this week.
BLSE’s total trading turnover decreased to 2.7 million marka this week from 5.6 million marka last week. BLSE was closed on Monday due to a public holiday in the Serb Republic.
(1 euro= 1.95583 marka)