October 5 (SeeNews) - The indices on Bosnia and Herzegovina's Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) closed mixed in September as total turnover dropped to 3.9 million marka ($2 million/2 million euro), compared with 8.2 million marka generated in August, the bourse said on Wednesday.
A total of 673,218 shares changed hands in 316 transactions on the bourse in September, the SASE said in a monthly trading update.
In September 2021, total trading turnover on the SASE came in at 8.1 million marka.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the SASE closed September 2022 at 1,051.50 points, up 1.20% compared with its value at the end of August.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, edged down 0.41% month-on-month in September, to 1,716.29 points.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, was 3.92% higher on a monthly comparison basis at the end of September, at 858.33 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI of SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI) closed at 11,364.31 points at the end of September, down 2.45 month-on-month. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE's total market capitalisation amounted to 5.8 billion marka in September, down from 5.9 billion marka at the end of the previous month.
Brewer Sarajevska Pivara [SAJ:SRPV] generated the highest trading turnover among the SASE-listed companies in September - 110,660 marka. The company's shares last traded on the bourse on September 20, closing 10% higher at 11 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)