November 19 (SeeNews) - The share indices of Bosnia's two stock exchanges, the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) and the Banja Luka Stock Exchange (BLSE), 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 1,039.91 points, up 2.36% compared with its November 12 closing value.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, rose 1.36% to 1,778.01 points.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, edged up 0.10% to 927.33 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), went up 2.59% to 11,248.01 points. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE’s turnover fell to 317,827 marka ($183,800/162,500 euro) this week from 500,837 marka last week. A total of 113,527 shares changed hands in 67 transactions.
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 640.68 points on Friday, up 0.03% compared to its closing value recorded a week earlier.
The bourse's total trading turnover rose to 3.9 million marka this week from 954,022 marka last week, as 235 transactions were carried out.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)