SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), January 31 (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 a week earlier, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) ended at 779.02 points on Friday, down from 786.79 on January 24. The broader SASX-30, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, fell to 1,289.84 from 1,311.92.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, closed at 890.53 points, down from last Friday's 906.73 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by the SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), fell to 10,153.77 points, from 10,454.65 last Friday. The index is tracking 25 companies.
SASE’s total trading turnover rose to 3.4 million marka in five sessions this week, from 1.5 million marka in five trading days last week. This week's turnover was generated in 115 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 617.56 points, up 0.13% from last Friday's closing value.
Telekom Srpske [TLKM-R-A] generated the largest trading turnover, of 4,000 marka, on the BLSE official market this week. The company's shares closed at 1.0 marka on Friday, up 2.04% from last Friday's close.
BLSE’s total trading turnover plummeted to 255,069 marka in five sessions this week, from 26.6 million marka in five trading days last week. This week's turnover was generated in 116 transactions.
Out of last week's total trading turnover, 26 million marka came from the sale of six-month Treasury bills on January 20.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)