Bosnia's SASE stock indices mostly rise, BLSE closes week lower

The SASX-10 index, tracking the 10 blue chips of the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE), ended at 703.35 points on Friday, up 0.95% from a week earlier.

The SASX-30 index, which comprises the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, added 0.44% from last Friday to a close of 908.79 points.

SASE's index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, closed at 1,392.42 points, down 1.78% from a week earlier.

SASE's total turnover rose to 7.7 million marka ($5.1 million/3.9 million euro) this week from 1.9 million marka last week.

Drug maker Bosnalijek [SAJ:BSNLR] was the most traded stock on SASE's official market this week, generating a turnover of 5.5 million marka.

SASE is based in the Muslim-Croat 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.

BLSE’s benchmark index, the BIRS, closed at 819.18 points on Friday, down 0.11% from a week earlier.

The bourse's investment fund index, the FIRS, lost 1.57% from last Friday to 1,656.94 points.

Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] generated the biggest turnover of 38,718 marka on BLSE's official market this week. The stock closed at 1.57 marka on Friday, up 0.64% from a week earlier.

BLSE’s total turnover fell to 818,000 marka this week from 2.2 million marka last week.

(1 euro=1.95583 Bosnian marka)