SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), July 26 (SeeNews) – The share indices of Bosnia's two stock exchanges, in Sarajevo and in Banja Luka, mostly fell on Friday, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) ended at 712.41 points on Friday, down from 722.29 points on July 19.
The broader SASX-30 index, which comprises the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, ended at 1,188.64 on Friday, compared to 1,190.71 points a week earlier.
The SASE index-tracking investment funds, the BIFX, edged up 0.15% from last week to 742.11 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), declined to 10,550.25 on Friday, from 10,708.09 points a week earlier. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE is based in the Federation, one of the 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 622.03 points on Friday, 1.23% higher than a week earlier.
Health tourism centre ZTC Banja Vrucica [BANJ:BVRU-R-A] generated the biggest trading turnover - of 103,231 marka - on the BLSE's official market this week.
BLSE’s total trading turnover rose to 8.6 million marka ($4.9 million/4.4 million euro) in five sessions from 3.3 million marka in as many trading days last week. This week's turnover was generated in 244 transactions.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)