SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), December 4 (SeeNews) – The share indices of Bosnia's two stock exchanges closed mixed on Friday, compared to their values a week earlier, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) ended Friday's session at 778.15 points, down 2.77% on a weekly comparison basis.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, rose 0.74% to a closing value of 1,439.41.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, fell 0.42% compared to last Friday's value, at 941.75 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by the SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), went down 0.74% to 9,898.11 points. The index tracks 25 companies.
Trading in the shares of Bosnalijek [SASE:BSNLR] generated the largest single turnover on the bourse's official market - of 910 marka, with the share price ending the week flat at 17.50 marka.
The SASE’s total weekly turnover fell to 231,000 marka ($144,000/188,000 euro) this week, from 418,000 marka last week.
The 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 601.20 points on Friday, up 4.72% compared to its closing value on November 27.
Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] generated the largest single turnover, of 587,000 marka, on the BLSE this week. The company's shares closed flat at 1.00 marka on Friday.
BLSE’s trading turnover soared to 32.3 million marka this week from 602,000 marka last week, with trading in government securities generating 31.6 million marka of the total.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)