December 30 (SeeNews) - The main share indices of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) closed mixed on Friday, compared with the values a week earlier, while the benchmark index of the Banja Luka Stock Exchange (BLSE), ended lower, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the SASE ended Friday's session at 1,057.98 points, up 0.36% compared with a week earlier.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, fell 0.05% compared to a week earlier - to 1,735.61 points.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, dropped 0.12% to 829.13 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by the SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), closed at 11,303.02 points, 0.17% higher compared with a week earlier. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE’s turnover came in at 18.7 million marka ($10.2 million/9.6 million euro) this trading week, compared to 721,897 marka last week, as a total of 281,407 shares changed hands in 76 transactions.
Pharmaceutical company Bosnalijek [SAJ:BSNLR] generated the largest trading turnover, of 1,346 marka, on the Sarajevo Stock Exchange this week. The company's shares last traded on the bourse on December 28, when they closed 1.69% lower at 28.51 marka.
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, closed at 840.88 points on Friday, down 2.65% compared to its closing value recorded a week earlier.
The BLSE's total trading turnover fell to 2.9 million marka this week from 67.86 million marka last week, as 122 transactions were carried out.
Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] generated the largest trading turnover, of 753,582marka, on the BLSE's official market this week. The company's shares closed at 1.62 marka on Friday, up 0.62% compared with the previous day.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)