SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), January 10 (SeeNews) – The share indices of Bosnia's two stock exchanges, in Sarajevo and Banja Luka, closed mostly lower on Friday, compared to the values recorded in the last trading day of last week, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) ended at 803.50 points on Friday, down from 808.90 points on December 31.
The SASE was closed on January 1, 2, and 3.
The broader SASX-30 index, which comprises the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, edged down to 1,288.10 from 1,288.46 points on the last trading day of last week.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, closed at 909.78 points, up from last week's 898.21 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by the SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), decreased to 10,107.42 after closing at 13,426.41 points on December 31. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE’s total trading turnover more than halved to 489,473 marka in five sessions this week, from 1 million marka in two trading days last week. This week's turnover was generated in 85 transactions.
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 611.96 points, down 1.1% from last Friday's closing value.
Telekom Srpske [TLKM-R-A] generated the largest trading turnover, of 1,832 marka, on the BLSE official market this week. The company's shares closed at 0.915 marka on Friday, down 3.68% from last Friday's close.
The BLSE was closed on January 1 and 2 last week, while this week it was closed on January 6, 7 and 9.
BLSE’s total trading turnover plummeted to 65,279 marka in two sessions this week, from 4.9 million marka in three trading days last week. This week's turnover was generated in 42 transactions.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)