April 5 (SeeNews) - Trading turnover on Bosnia's Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) increased to 61.4 million marka ($34 million/31.4 million euro) in March, compared with 1.8 million marka generated the previous month, the bourse said on Friday.
A total of 418,982 shares changed hands in 388 transactions on the bourse in March, the SASE said in a monthly trading update.
The 10-share benchmark SASX-10 index of the SASE closed March at 951.30 points, down 0.02% compared with its value at the end of February.
The broader SASX-30 index, which is composed of the 30 most liquid stocks on the SASE, edged down 0.28% month-on-month to 1,875.06 points at the end of March.
The SASE index tracking investment funds, the BIFX, was 3.35% lower on a monthly comparison basis at the end of March, at 662.71 points.
The Islamic stock index SASX-BBI of the SASE and Bosna Bank International (BBI) closed at 10,739.37 points at the end of March, up 1.49% from the end of the previous month. The index tracks 25 companies.
The SASE's total market capitalisation amounted to 6.3 billion marka at the end of March, up compared with 6.2 billion marka at the end of the previous month.
Explosives and ammunition manufacturer Unis Ginex [SAJ:GINXR] generated the highest trading turnover among the SASE-listed companies in March. Its shares changed hands in three transactions that formed a total turnover of 1 million marka. They traded at 400 marka at the end of March, some 2.50% higher compared with the end of the previous month.
The SASE is based in the Federation, one of two autonomous entities that form Bosnia and Herzegovina. The country's other bourse, the Banja Luka Stock Exchange (BLSE), is based in the other entity, the Serb Republic.
(1 euro = 1.956 marka)