SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), June 7 (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 759.44 points on Friday, down from 764.87 points on May 31.
The broader SASX-30 index, which comprises the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, ended at 1,187.55 on Friday, compared to 1,209.30 points a week earlier.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, fell to 776.95 points from 777.69 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI, launched by SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI), decreased to 11,044.84 on Friday, from 11,102.42 points a week earlier. The index tracks 25 companies.
The SASE was closed on Monday and Tuesday due to Ramadan holidays.
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 634.72 points on Friday, 0.62% lower than a week earlier.
Telekom Srpske [BANJ:TLKM-R-A] generated the biggest trading turnover 290,803 marka on the BLSE's official market this week.
The BLSE’s total trading turnover rose to 3.3 million marka in five sessions from 1.4 million marka in as many trading days last week. This week's turnover was generated in 293 transactions.
(1 euro = 1.95583 marka)