June 2 (SeeNews) - Trading turnover on Bosnia's Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) increased to 52.6 million marka ($29 million/26.9 million euro) in May, from 41.5 million marka reported in April, as its share indices closed mixed, the bourse said on Friday.
A total of 54,997 shares changed hands in 187 transactions on the bourse in May, the SASE said in a monthly trading update.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the SASE closed May at 1,047.01 points, down 0.22% compared with its value at the end of April.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, edged up 1.36% month-on-month to 1,774.71 points at the end of May.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, was 0.21% lower on a monthly comparison basis at the end of May at 807.82 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI of the SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI) closed at 11,432.87 points at the end of May, up 0.40% from the end of the previous month. The index tracks 25 companies.
The SASE's total market capitalisation amounted to 6.52 billion marka at the end of May, up from 6.19 billion marka at the end of the previous month.
Medical devices, sanitary and hygiene products Saniteks [SAJ:STVKRK4] generated the highest trading turnover among the SASE-listed companies in May. Its shares changed hands in 123 transactions that formed a turnover of 1.3 million marka combined. The company's shares traded at 11 marka at the end of May, up 20.61% 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)