SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), October 16 (SeeNews) – The share indices of Bosnia's two stock exchanges - in Sarajevo and Banja Luka, closed lower on Friday, as compared to their values a week earlier, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) ended Friday's session at 782.32 points, down 2.93% on a weekly comparison basis.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, fell 3.12% to a closing value of 1,396.91.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, closed down 0.20% in comparison with last Friday's value, at 950.36 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by the SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), dropped 3.08% to 9,959.55 points. The index tracks 25 companies.
Trading in the shares of drug maker Bosnalijek [SASE:BSNLR] generated the bourse's largest single turnover this week - of 671,100 marka, with the share price falling to 17.11 marka on Friday from 18.42 marka a week earlier.
The SASE’s total weekly turnover rose to 1.15 million marka ($690,000/588,000 euro) this week, from 219,100 marka last week.
The SASE is based in the Federation, one of two autonomous entities that form 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 608.86 points on Friday, down 0.32% compared to its closing value on October 9.
Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] generated the largest turnover, of 212,000 marka, on the BLSE this week. The company's shares closed at 1.05 marka on Friday, down 0.94% compared to a week ago.
BLSE’s trading turnover totalled 2.25 million marka this week. Data for a week earlier were not available.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)