January 14 (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, went up, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the SASE ended Friday's session at 973.39 points, down 2.22% compared with its closing value on January 7.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, went up 0.21% to 17,780.38 points.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, closed at 897.63 points, 1.88% lower from January 7.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), went up 2.16% to 11,064.23 points. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE’s turnover came in at 260,806 marka ($152,600/133,300 euro) this week, up from 145,475 marka last week. A total of 21,964 shares changed hands in 66 transactions.
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 754.37 points on Friday, up 14.57% compared to its closing value recorded a week earlier.
The bourse's total trading turnover increased to 655,858 marka this week from 34,027 marka last week, as 71 transactions were carried out.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)