July 22 (SeeNews) - The share indices of Bosnia's Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) ended mostly up on Friday, compared with their values a week earlier, as the benchmark index of the country's other stock exchange, the Banja Luka Stock Exchange (BLSE), closed higher, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the SASE ended Friday's session at 1,022.95 points, up 0.93% compared with its closing value on July 15.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, edged up 0.38% to 1,689.58 points.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, closed at 833.79 points, down 0.22% compared with July 15.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), went up 0.82% to 11,559.42 points. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE’s turnover came in at 1.3 million marka ($677,700/664,700 euro) this trading week, significantly lower than 40.3 million marka last week. A total of 22,853 shares changed hands in 61 transactions.
Pharmaceutical company Bosnalijek [SAJ:BSNLR] generated the highest revenue on SASE this week, of 88,813 marka. Its shares last traded on July 19, closing flat at 31.01 marka.
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 BLSE’s benchmark index, the BIRS, closed at 746.13 points on Friday, up 0.18% compared to its closing value recorded a week earlier.
The bourse's total trading turnover jumped to 40.4 million marka this week from 358,134 marka last week, as 71 transactions were carried out.
Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] generated the largest trading turnover, of 30,237 marka, on the BLSE's official market this week. The company's shares closed 0.67% higher at 1.50 marka on Friday.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)