Bosnian share indices close mixed in week ended Apr 19

On the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE), the 10-share benchmark SASX-10 equity index gained 0.68% on a weekly basis, to close at 964.36 points on Friday. The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, went up 0.66% to finish at 1,890.62 points.

The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, ended the week at 652.28 points, down 1.47%.

The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by the SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), went up 1% to 10,882.58 points.

SASE’s total turnover soared to 54.9 million marka ($30 million/28.1 million euro) in five trading sessions this week from 290,660 marka in four trading sessions last week. The bourse was closed on April 10 due to a public holiday in the Federation.

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, edged down 0.57% this week to close at 912.22 points on Friday.

BLSE's total trading turnover increased to 16.3 million marka this week from 2.8 million marka last week.

(1 euro = 1.956 marka)