October 7 (SeeNews) - The main share indices of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) closed mixed on Friday, compared with the week earlier, while the benchmark index of the country's other stock exchange, the Banja Luka Stock Exchange (BLSE), decreased, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) ended Friday's session at 1,074.89 points, up 2.22% compared with its closing value on September 30.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, dropped 4.56% to 1,711.73 points.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, closed at 834.96 points, down 2.72% compared with September 30.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), rose 1.90% to 11,579.75 points. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE’s turnover came in at 10.7 million marka ($5.3 million/5.5 million euro) this trading week, significantly higher compared with 540,505 marka generated last week. A total of 87,088 shares changed hands in 69 transactions.
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 760.49 points on Friday, down 1.62% compared to its closing value recorded a week earlier.
The bourse's total trading turnover fell to 472,187 marka this week from 810,195 marka last week, as 71 transactions were carried out.
Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] generated the largest trading turnover, of 68,847 marka, on the BLSE's official market this week. The company's shares closed 0.66% lower at 1.50 marka on Friday.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)