March 5 (SeeNews) - Trading turnover on Bosnia's Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) increased to 1.8 million marka ($998,355/920,325 euro) in February, compared with 440,627 marka generated the previous month, the bourse said on Tuesday.
A total of 295,820 shares changed hands in 261 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 951.45 points, down 6.99% 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 down 0.77% month-on-month to 1,880.38 points at the end of February.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, was 3.47% lower on a monthly comparison basis at the end of February, at 685.65 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI of the SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI) closed at 10,581.62 points at the end of February, down 3.82% from the end of the previous month. The index tracks 25 companies.
The SASE's total market capitalisation amounted to 6.2 billion marka at the end of February, down compared with 6.4 billion marka at the end of the previous month.
Arms manufacturer Pretis [SAJ:UNPRRK1] generated the highest trading turnover among the SASE-listed companies in February. Its shares changed hands in 21 transactions that formed a turnover of 600,925 marka combined. They traded at 8.50 marka at the end of February, some 3.03% lower 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 = 1.956 marka)