May 19 (SeeNews) - The share indices of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) ended mixed on Friday, compared with their values a week earlier, whereas the main index of the country's other stock exchange, the Banja Luka Stock Exchange (BLSE) closed lower, weekly bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the SASE closed at 1,032.82 points on Friday, down 0.25% compared with a week earlier, while the broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, gained 0.09% to end at 1,750.03 points.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, ended at 808.09 points on Friday, up 0.06% compared with a week earlier.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by the SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), closed at 11,315.64 points, some 0.34% higher compared with a week earlier. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE’s turnover came in at 1.6 million marka ($883,182/818,067 euro) this week, down from 30.3 million marka last week, as a total of 147,004 shares changed hands in 166 transactions.
Pharmaceuticals company Bosnalijek [SAJ:BSNLR] was the most traded blue chip this week, as its shares closed at 28.50 marka, down from last Friday's close of 29.20 marka. Turnover from trade in Bosnalijek's shares amounted to 9,245 marka.
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 benchmark index of the BLSE, the BIRS, closed at 788.77 points on Friday, down 1.12% compared to its closing value recorded a week earlier.
The BLSE's total trading turnover dropped to 630,728 marka in five trading sessions this week from 902,640 marka in four sessions last week, as 117 transactions were carried out. The bourse was closed on May 9 due to a public holiday in the Serb Republic.
Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] generated the largest trading turnover, of 249,790 marka, on the BLSE's official market this week. The company's shares closed at 1.64 marka on Friday, slightly down from 1.65 marka a week earlier.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)