May 9 (SeeNews) - Trading turnover on Bosnia's Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) increased to 41.5 million marka ($23.3 million/21.2 million euro) in April, from 5.86 million marka reported in March, as its share indices closed lower compared with a month earlier, the bourse said.
A total of 54,997 shares changed hands in 187 transactions on the bourse in April, the SASE said in a monthly trading update on Monday.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the SASE closed April at 1,049.35 points, down 1.34% compared with its value at the end of March.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, edged down 0.19% month-on-month to 1,750.82 points at the end of April.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, was 0.64% lower on a monthly comparison basis at the end of April at 809.51 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI of the SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI) closed at 11,387.15 points at the end of April, down 0.79% from the end of the previous month. The index tracks 25 companies.
The SASE's total market capitalisation amounted to 6.19 billion marka at the end of April, down from 6.26 billion marka at the end of the previous month.
Pharmaceuticals producer Bosnalijek [SAJ:BSNLR] generated the highest trading turnover among the SASE-listed companies in April. Its shares changed hands in 24 transactions that formed a turnover of 161,264 marka combined. The company's shares traded at 30 marka at the end of April, up 3.48% 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)