Bosnian share indices close mostly lower in week ended May 24

On the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE), the 10-share benchmark SASX-10 equity index added 0.14% on a weekly basis, to close at 996.36 points on Friday. The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, went down 0.29% to finish at 1,926.94 points.

The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, ended the week at 586.71 points, down 0.06%.

The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by the SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), declined 0.22% to 11,303.82 points.

SASE’s total turnover dropped to just 1.0 million marka ($555,000/511,300 euro) this week from 29.3 million marka last week.

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, dropped 3.15% this week to close at 911.66 points on Friday.

BLSE's total trading turnover fell to 8.4 million marka from 24.3 million marka last week.

(1 euro = 1.956 marka)