March 8 (SeeNews) - The share indices of Bosnia and Herzegovina's two stock exchanges, in Sarajevo and Banja Luka, closed mixed on Friday, compared to the week-earlier levels, bourse data showed.
On the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE), the 10-share benchmark SASX-10 equity index fell 0.94% on a weekly basis, to close at 942.53 points on Friday. The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, went up 0.01% to finish at 1,880.42 points.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, ended the week at 669.83 points, down 2.31% compared with the end of the previous trading week.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by the SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), added 0.17% to 10,599.26 points.
SASE’s turnover fell to 549,285 marka ($307,595/280,845 euro) in five trading sessions this week from 585,947 marka in four trading sessions last week, as a total of 231,705 shares changed hands in 113 transactions. The bourse was closed on March 1 due to a public holiday.
Pharmaceuticals producer Bosnalijek [SAJ:BSNLR] was the most traded company this week, with a turnover of 4,947 marka, as its shares fell to 19.38 marka on Friday from 20.37 marka at the end of the previous trading week.
The SASE is based in the Federation, one of two autonomous entities that form Bosnia and Herzegovina. The BLSE is based in the other entity, the Serb Republic.
The benchmark index of the BLSE, the BIRS, dropped 0.37% this week to close at 959.41 points on Friday.
BLSE's total trading turnover rose to 42.5 million marka this week from 29.4 million marka last week, as 179 transactions were carried out.
Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM] generated the largest trading turnover, of some 180,742 marka, on the BLSE's official market this week. The company's shares closed at 1.35 marka on Friday, up 5.47% compared with the end of the previous week.
(1 euro = 1.956 marka)