SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), December 21 (SeeNews) – The indices of Bosnia's two bourses, the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) and the Banja Luka Stock Exchange (BLSE), ended the week mixed amid higher turnover, bourse data indicated on Friday.
SASE's 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index decreased 0.83% from last Friday to 634.48 points this week.
The broader SASX-30 index, which comprises the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, closed at 1,134.57 points, down 0.51% compared to last Friday.
The SASE index, tracking investment funds, the BIFX, declined 2.78% from last week to 711.19 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), fell 0.79% to 10,197.14 points. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE's total trading turnover came in at 50.4 million marka ($29.4 million/25.8 million euro), up from 21.2 million marka last week.
Pharmaceutical co Bosnalijek [SAJ:BSNLR] was the most traded stock on SASE's official market. The stock generated a trading turnover of 57,614 marka this week.
SASE is based in the 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, rose 1.18% from last Friday, reaching 573.33 points this week.
Bosnia's Nova Banka [BANJ:NOVB-R-E] generated the biggest trading turnover of 1.1 million marka on BLSE's official market this week.
BLSE’s total trading turnover reached 22.5 million marka this week, up from 11.4 million marka last week.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)