SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), March 29 (SeeNews) – The share indices of Bosnia's two stock exchanges - in Sarajevo and Banja Luka, mostly rose this week, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) closed at 765.41 points on Friday, up from 761.17 points last week.
The broader SASX-30 index, which comprises the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, ended at 1,208.71 compared to 1,200.43 points last Friday.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, rose to 779.91 points from 775.58 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), increased to 11,206.59, from 11,185.48 points last Friday. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE is based in the Federation, one of two autonomous entities that make up Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Banja Luka Stock Exchange (BLSE) is based in the other entity, the Serb Republic.
The BLSE’s benchmark index, the BIRS, closed at 716.66 points on Friday, down 2.30% from a week earlier.
Telecommunication services provider Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] generated the biggest trading turnover of 62,170 marka on the BLSE's official market this week.
The BLSE’s total trading turnover increased to 1.1 million marka from 771,032 marka last week. This week's turnover has been generated in 361 transactions.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)