September 2 (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 mixed 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 1,040.80 points, up 0.78% compared with its closing value on August 26.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, inched down 0.16% to 1,723.19 points.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, closed at 825.94 points, down 0.77% compared with August 26.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), went up 0.58% to 11,668.04 points. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE’s turnover came in at 1.8 million marka ($921,500/920,300 euro) this trading week. A total of 203,253 shares changed hands in 80 transactions.
Pharmaceutical company Bosnalijek [SAJ:BSNLR] generated the highest revenue on SASE this week, of 20,866 marka. Its shares last traded on the bourse on September 1, when they closed 0.74% higher at 32.60 marka.
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 762.73 points on Friday, down 0.84% compared to its closing value recorded a week earlier.
The bourse's total trading turnover decreased to 333,676 marka this week from 30.4 million marka last week, as 77 transactions were carried out.
Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] generated the largest trading turnover, of 80,821 marka, on the BLSE's official market this week. The company's shares closed 0.97% higher at 1.50 marka on Friday.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)