SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), November 29 (SeeNews) – The share indices of Bosnia's two stock exchanges, in Sarajevo and Banja Luka, rose on Friday, compared to the week-earlier levels, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) closed at 882.00 points, up from 872.28 points last Friday.
The broader SASX-30 index, which comprises the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, increased to 1,308.50 from 1,304.83 points on November 22.
The SASE index, tracking investment funds, the BIFX, closed at 917.84 points, slightly up from last Friday's 917.65 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), increased to 11,250.82 after closing at 11,094.08 points last Friday. The index tracks 25 companies.
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 593.85 points, up 0.80% from last Friday's closing value.
Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] generated the largest trading turnover, of 64,356 marka, on the BLSE official market this week. This week the company's shares last traded on Wednesday, closing at 0.919 marka, up 0.99% from last Friday's close.
BLSE’s total trading turnover soared to 14.2 million marka in five sessions this week, from 512,770 marka in five trading days last week. This week's turnover was generated in 727 transactions.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)