March 6 (SeeNews) - Trading turnover on Bosnia's Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) dropped to 785,562 marka ($427,021/401,651 euro) in February, from 4.8 million marka reported in January, as its share indices closed mixed, compared with a month earlier, the bourse said on Monday.
A total of 68,426 shares changed hands in 173 transactions on the bourse in February, the SASE said in a monthly trading update.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the SASE closed February at 1,037.88 points, down 1.11% compared with its value at the end of January.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, edged up 1.02% month-on-month to 1,759.88 points at the end of February.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, was 0.90% lower on a monthly comparison basis at the end of February, at 819.87 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI of the SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI) closed at 11,282.87 points at the end of February, down 0.31% from the end of the previous month. The index tracks 25 companies.
The SASE's total market capitalisation amounted to 6.1 billion marka at the end of February, up from 5.96 billion marka at the end of the previous month.
BH Telecom [SAJ:BHTSR] generated the highest trading turnover among the SASE-listed companies in February. Its shares changed hands in 46 transactions that formed a turnover of 153,248 marka combined. Its shares traded at 13.16 marka at the end of February, up 4.2% compared with the end of the previous month.
The SASE is based in the Federation, one of two autonomous entities that form Bosnia and Herzegovina. The country's other bourse, the Banja Luka Stock Exchange (BLSE), is based in the other entity, the Serb Republic.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)