SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), August 9 (SeeNews) – The share indices of Bosnia's two stock exchanges, in Sarajevo and in Banja Luka, closed mixed on Friday, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) ended at 751.11 points on Friday, up from 728.88 points a week earlier.
The broader SASX-30 index, which comprises the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, ended at 1,227.57, compared to 1,196.99 points on August 2.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, closed at 772.55 points, down 0.15% compared with last Friday's value.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), edged up to 10,573.48 points on Friday, from 10,526.47 a week earlier. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE is based in the Federation, one of two autonomous entities that make up 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 594.36 points on Friday, 3.40% lower than a week earlier.
Telecommunication services provider Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] generated the largest trading turnover - of 81,117 marka - on the BLSE's official market this week.
BLSE’s total trading turnover grew to 1.9 million marka ($1.1 million/971,455 euro) in five sessions this week, from 905,800 marka in as many trading days last week. This week's turnover was generated in 291 transactions.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)