SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), May 28 (SeeNews) – The share indices of Bosnia's Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) closed mixed on Friday, compared to their values a week earlier, whereas the benchmark index of the country's other exchange, in Banja Luka, closed lower, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the SASE ended Friday's session at 775.18 points, up 1.65% compared with its May 21 closing value.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, closed 0.44% lower at 1,447.80 points.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, added 3.11% to 954.72 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), fell 1.38% to 9,579.35 points. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE’s turnover came in at 434,070 marka this week, compared to 1.5 million marka ($932,800/766,900 euro) last week.
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 585.97 points on Friday, down 0.08% compared to the closing value recorded a week earlier.
The bourse's total trading turnover rose to 1.7 million marka this week from 1.5 million marka last week.
Telecommunication services provider Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] contributed the largest portion of this week's total trading turnover among the companies on the BLSE, of 140,920 marka. The company's shares closed at 1.10 marka on Friday, up 0.92% .
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)