SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), March 5 (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 773.32 points, up 1.71% compared with the closing reading on February 26.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, closed 0.13% higher at 1,457.46 points.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, added 0.08% to 927.14 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by the SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), gained 0.59% to 9,812.31 points. The index is tracking 25 companies.
The SASE’s turnover plummeted to 165,400 marka ($100,900/84,500 euro) in four trading sessions this week, from 6.6 million marka in five sessions last week. The bourse was closed on March 1 due to a public holiday celebrated in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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 582.51 points on Friday, down 1.06% compared to its closing level on February 26.
The bourse's total trading turnover plunged to 1.34 million marka in five trading days this week from 27 million marka in as many days last week.
Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] contributed the largest portion of this week's total trading turnover among the companies on the BLSE, of 1.1 million marka.
Trading in government securities issued by the Serb Republic contributed some 42.9 million marka to this week's total turnover, figures showed.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)