SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), January 22 (SeeNews) – The share indices of Bosnia's two stock exchanges on Friday closed higher compared to their values a week earlier, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) ended Friday's session at 782.94 points, up 1.41%.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, edged up 0.38% to a closing value of 1,433.86.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, rose by 0.36% to 902.95 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by the SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), added 0.23% to 9,541.62 points. The index tracks 25 companies.
Trading in the shares of power utility Elektroprivreda BiH [SAJ:JPESR] generated the largest single turnover on the bourse's official market - of 460,110 marka ($286,400/235,250 euro), with the share price ending the week down 0.44% at 9.35 marka.
The SASE’s total weekly turnover fell to 697,928 marka in five trading sessions this week, from 459,998 marka in as many sessions last week.
The 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 595.96 points on Friday, up 1.18% compared to its closing value on January 15.
Hydro power producer Hidroelektrane na Trebisnjici [BANJ:HETR-R-A] generated the largest single turnover, of 39,238.50 kuna, on the BLSE this week. The company's shares closed flat at 0.21 marka on Friday.
BLSE’s trading turnover fell to 2.07 million marka in five trading days this week from 38.2 million marka in as many days last week.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)