SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), June 14 (SeeNews) – The share indices of Bosnia's two stock exchanges, in Sarajevo and Banja Luka, closed lower on Friday, as compared to their values a week earlier, bourse data showed.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) ended at 753.41 points on Friday, down from 759.44 points on June 7.
The broader SASX-30 index, which comprises the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, ended slightly lower at 1,187.19 on Friday, compared to 1,187.55 points a week earlier.
The SASE index-tracking investment funds, the BIFX, closed unchanged from last week at 776.95 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), decreased to 10,971.82 on Friday, from 11,044.84 points a week earlier. The index tracks 25 companies.
SASE is based in the Federation, one of the 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 628.99 points on Friday, 0.90% lower than a week earlier.
Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] generated the biggest trading turnover 428,636 marka on the BLSE's official market this week.
The BLSE’s total trading turnover fell to 1.5 million marka ($862,328/766,938 euro) in five sessions from 3.3 million marka in as many trading days last week. This week's turnover was generated in 271 transactions.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)