SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), April 2 (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 higher, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the SASE ended Friday's session at 765.46 points, up 0.61% compared with its March 26 close.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, closed 0.51% higher at 1,444.47 points.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, lost 0.21% to 926.36 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), fell 0.15% to 9,525.92 points. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE’s turnover fell to 315,905 marka this week, from 2.1 million marka ($1.3 million/1.1 million 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 583.04 points on Friday, up 0.76% compared to its closing level on March 26.
The bourse's total trading turnover plummeted to 1.1 million marka this week from 22.8 million marka last week.
Trading in government securities issued by the Serb Republic contributed some 21.5 million marka to last week's total turnover, BLSE figures showed.
Nova Banka [BANJ:NOVB-R-E] contributed the largest portion of this week's total trading turnover among the companies on the BLSE, of 750,000 marka. The bank's shares closed unchanged at 0.50 marka on Friday.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)
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