BANJA LUKA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), December 4 (SeeNews) – The indices of Bosnia's two stock exchanges all dropped this week, bourse data showed on Friday.
The SASX-10 index of the Sarajevo Stock Exchange, SASE, which tracks the bourse's 10 blue chips, closed the week at 1,055.76 points, 2.27% down from last week. Last week, SASE was open on Monday and Tuesday only due to religious and national holidays in the Muslim-Croat Federation, where the bourse is based.
The SASX-30 index, which comprises the 30 most liquid stocks on SASE, on Friday was 0.73% down from last week to 1,111.28. SASE's index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, fell 1.77% to 1,877.82 points this week.
Blue-chip drug firm Bosnalijek posted the highest turnover of 403,365 marka on SASE's official market this week. Its stock was traded at an average price of 16.51 marka ($13/8.4 euro) on Friday, up from 15.96 marka on Tuesday last week.
SASE's total turnover was 10.9 million marka this week.
The Federation is one of Bosnia's two autonomous parts. The other one is the Serb Republic, where the Banja Luka Stock Exchange (BLSE) is based.
The turnover on BLSE, Bosnia's smaller bourse, rose to 3.2 million marka this week from 2.2 million marka last week.
The benchmark BIRS index of the BLSE ended at 1,003.89 points on Friday, down 0.55% from a week earlier. The BLSE investment funds index, FIRS, fell 2.83% to 1,858.94 this week.
The most liquid stock on BLSE's official market was metal workings manufacturer Elvaco, which was traded in turnover of 128,134 marka this week. Its shares closed at an average weighted price of 0.405 marka on Friday, down 10% from last week.
Among the investment funds traded on the BLSE, ZIF Zepter Fond posted the highest turnover of 163,906 marka this week. The stock's average weighted price was 5.5 marka on Friday, down 3.51% from last week.
(1 euro=1.95583 Bosnian marka)