February 3 (SeeNews) - Trading turnover on Bosnia's Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) dropped to 4.8 million marka ($2.7 million/2.5 million euro) in January, from 30.8 million marka reported in December, as its share indices closed mixed, compared with a month earlier, the bourse said on Friday.
A total of 140,133 shares changed hands in 225 transactions on the bourse in January, the SASE said in a monthly trading update.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the SASE closed January at 1,049.52 points, down 0.80% compared with its value at the end of December.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, edged up 0.37% month-on-month to 1,742.11 points at the end of January.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, was 0.22% lower on a monthly comparison basis at the end of January, at 827.34 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI of the SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI) closed at 11,317.68 points at the end of January, up 0.13% from the end of the previous month. The index tracks 25 companies.
The SASE's total market capitalisation amounted to 5.96 billion marka at the and of January, 0.62% lower compared with the end of the previous month.
Arms manufacturer Igman Konjic [SAJ:IGKC] generated the highest trading turnover among the SASE-listed companies in January. Its shares changed hands in six transactions that formed a turnover of 1.1 million marka combined. Its shares last traded on January 27, when they closed flat at 160 marka.
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)