SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), November 22 (SeeNews) – The share indices of Bosnia's two stock exchanges, in Sarajevo and Banja Luka, mostly fell on Friday, compared to the week-earlier levels, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) ended at 872.28 points on Friday, down from 873.61 points a week earlier.
The broader SASX-30 index, which comprises the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, decreased to 1,304.83 from 1,307.95 points on November 15.
The SASE index, tracking investment funds, the BIFX, closed at 917.65 points, down from last Friday's 940.19 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), decreased to 11,094.08 after closing at 11,113.95 points last Friday. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE is based in the Federation, one of two autonomous entities that make up 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 589.11 points, up 0.94% from last Friday's closing value.
Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] generated the largest trading turnover, of 59,475 marka, on the BLSE official market this week. The company's shares closed at 0.91 marka on Friday, up 0.66% from last week's close.
BLSE’s total trading turnover fell sharply to 512,770 marka in four sessions this week, from 3 million marka in five trading days last week. This week's turnover was generated in 105 transactions.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)