September 9 (SeeNews) - The main share indices of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) and the benchmark index of the country's other stock exchange, the Banja Luka Stock Exchange (BLSE), closed higher on Friday, compared with the previous week, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) ended Friday's session at 1,043.36 points, up 0.25% compared with its closing value on September 2.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, inched up 0.17% to 1,726.10 points.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, closed at 840.97 points, up 1.82% compared with September 2.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), went up 0.17% to 11,688.15 points. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE’s turnover came in at 793,322 marka ($407,270/405,620 euro) this trading week, down from 1.8 million marka last week. A total of 56,591 shares changed hands in 73 transactions.
Pharmaceutical company Bosnalijek [SAJ:BSNLR] generated the highest revenue on SASE this week, of 17,842 marka. Its shares closed 1.56% higher at 32.5 marka on Friday.
The SASE is based in the Federation, one of two autonomous entities that form Bosnia and Herzegovina. The BLSE is based in the other entity, the Serb Republic.
The BLSE’s benchmark index, the BIRS, closed at 765.49 points on Friday, up 0.36% compared to its closing value recorded a week earlier.
The bourse's total trading turnover rose to 924,381 marka this week from 333,676 marka last week, as 106 transactions were carried out.
Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] generated the largest trading turnover, of 800,247 marka, on the BLSE's official market this week. The company's shares closed flat at 1.50 marka on Friday.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)