Bosnian share indices end mixed in week to Dec 19

The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the SASE increased 0.55% from last Friday to 702.57 points.

The broader SASX-30 index, comprising the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, closed at 923.38 points on Friday, 0.67% down from a week earlier.

SASE's index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, added 0.81% from last week, to 1,468.65 points.

SASE's total weekly turnover edged up to 2.3 million marka ($1.5 million/1.2 million euro) this week from 2.27 million marka a week earlier. 

Drug maker Bosnalijek [SAJ:BSNLR] was the most traded stock on SASE's official market this week, generating a total turnover of 16,146 marka.

SASE is based in the Muslim-Croat Federation, one of the two autonomous entities that make up Bosnia and Herzegovina. The BLSE is based in the other entity, the Serb Republic.

BLSE’s benchmark index, the BIRS, dropped 0.29% from last Friday to 712.98 points.

The bourse's investment fund index, the FIRS, declined by 0.39% from last week to 1,741.34 points.

Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] generated the biggest weekly turnover, of 545,980 marka, on BLSE's official market this week. The average price at which the stock traded this week was 1.62 marka, unchanged from a week earlier.

BLSE’s total weekly turnover plunged to 1.8 million marka from 15.7 million marka a week earlier.

(1 euro=1.95583 Bosnian marka)