Bosnia's SASE stock indices mostly rise this week, BLSE indices fall

The SASX-10 index, tracking the 10 blue chips of the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE), ended at 740.84 points on Friday, up 0.22% from a week earlier.

The SASX-30 index, comprising the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, closed at 912.91 points, down 0.69% from last Friday.

SASE's index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, ended at 1,586.50 points, up 0.72% from last Friday.

SASE's total turnover slumped to 1.0 million marka ($661,500/511,600 euro) this week from 33.5 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 86,470 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 841.55 points on Friday, down 0.02% from a week earlier.

The bourse's investment fund index, the FIRS, lost 1.46% from last Friday to a close of 1,822.41 points.

Alumina plant Birac [BANJ:BIRA-R-A] generated the biggest turnover of 206,662 marka on the BLSE's official market this week. The stock closed at 0.028 marka on Friday, up 7.69% from a week earlier.

BLSE’s total turnover dropped to 1.3 million marka this week from 11.5 million marka last week.

(1 euro=1.95583 Bosnian marka)