October 26 (SeeNews) - Diversified conglomerate Chimimport [BUL:6C4] and real estate fund Balkan and Sea Properties [BUL:5H4] together generated 70% of the turnover on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange on Wednesday.
Total stock turnover tripled to 1.45 million levs ($810,400/741,700 euro), from Tuesday's 473,600 levs.
Chimimport [BUL:6C4] was the most traded blue chip on Tuesday, as 370,668 shares changed hands at an average price of 1.403 levs.
Balkan and Sea Properties [BUL:5H4] portfolio includes two Black sea resort complexes near the town of Ravda. A total of 34,600 company shares changed hands at an average price of 14.3 levs on Wednesday.
The blue-chip SOFIX index rose by 0.09% to 518.04, after adding 1.05% on Tuesday.
The broader BGBX40, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the BSE, closed 0.32% higher at 98.63, after rising 0.75% on Tuesday.
The BG-REIT index, which tracks the performance of the real estate investment trusts, added 0.13% to 103.61, after edging down 0.19% on Tuesday.
The BG TotalReturn30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, gained 0.75% to 412.67. In the previous trading session, the index closed 0.48% higher.
Bulgarian Real Estate Fund REIT [BUL:5BU] was the top blue-chip gainer, adding 2.14% to 2.050 levs, as 86,916 of its shares changed hands.
First Investment Bank (Fibank) [BUL:5F4] led the blue-chip decliners, falling 1.1% to 2.700 levs in turnover of 790 shares.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)