September 17 (SeeNews) - The share indices of Bosnia's Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) and the benchmark index of the country's other exchange, in Banja Luka, closed higher on Friday, compared with their values a week earlier, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the SASE ended Friday's session at 976.98 points, up 9.01% compared with its September 10 closing value.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, edged up 0.23% to finish at 1,558.30 points.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, rose 0.16% to end at 953.66 points, compared with its closing value on September 10.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), gained 7.28% to 10,735.07 points. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE’s turnover fell to this week 693,396 marka ($417,000/355,000 euro) from 839,726 marka last week. A total of 29,190 shares changed hands in 108 transactions.
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 581.43 points on Friday, up 2.24% compared to its closing value recorded a week earlier.
The bourse's total trading turnover dropped to 365,906 marka this week from 757,423 marka last week, as 90 transactions were carried out.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)