SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), August 26 (SeeNews) – The share indices of Bosnia's two bourses, the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) and the Banja Luka Stock Exchange (BLSE) ended higher this week amid mixed turnover, bourse data indicated on Friday.
SASE's 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index increased 0.09% to 690.24 points.
The broader SASX-30 index, comprising the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, ended at 968.39, up by 0.44% within a week.
SASE's index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, dropped 1.28% from last week at 1,108.06 points.
SASE's total weekly turnover jumped to 21.5 million marka ($12.4 million/11 million euro) this week from 259,731.11 marka a week earlier.
Drug maker Bosnalijek [SAJ:BSNLR] was the most traded stock on SASE's official market, generating a total turnover of 175,828.52 marka.
SASE is based in the Muslim-Croat 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, gained 2.46% from last Friday to 568.00 points.
The bourse's investment fund index, the FIRS, fell 1.27% from last week to 1,665.91 points.
Lender Nova Banka generated the biggest weekly turnover of 61,109.38 marka on BLSE's official market this week.
BLSE’s turnover fell to 569,385.39 marka this week from 1.3 million marka a week earlier.
(1 euro= 1.95583 marka)