April 29 (SeeNews) - The share indices of Bosnia's Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) closed mixed on Friday, compared to their values a week earlier, while the main index of the country's other bourse, the Banja Luka Stock Exchange (BLSE), edged up, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the SASE ended Friday's session at 959.80 points, down 0.02% compared with its closing value on April 22.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, edged down 0.01% to 1,674.13 points.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, closed at 844.59 points, 1.84% higher compared with April 22.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), fell 0.07% to 11,319.07 points. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE’s turnover came in at 2.15 million marka ($1.16 million/1.1 million euro) this trading week, slightly lower than 955,720 marka last week. A total of 406,136 shares changed hands in 90 transactions.
Pharmaceuticals producer Bosnalijek [SAJ:BSNLR] generated the highest revenue on SASE this week, of 82,553 marka. Its shares closed flat at 23.5 marka on Friday.
The SASE is based in the Federation, one of two autonomous entities that form Bosnia and Herzegovina. The BLSE is based in the other entity, the Serb Republic.
The BLSE’s benchmark index, the BIRS, closed at 789.99 points on Friday, up 0.32% compared to its closing value recorded a week earlier.
The bourse's total trading turnover dropped to 10.7 million marka this week from 36.7 million marka last week, as 113 transactions were carried out.
Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] generated the largest trading turnover, of 215,460 marka, on the BLSE's official market this week. The company's shares closed flat at 1.50 marka on Friday.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)