November 9 (SeeNews) - The blue-chip SOFIX index of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange posted back-to-back winning sessions, gaining 0.46% on Friday, as Central Cooperative Bank (CCB) [BUL:4CF] rallied.
The SOFIX added 2.76 points to an end value of 597.76 points on Friday. Overall, the index gained 0.16% throughout this week.
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CCB shares regained 2.63% to 1.56 levs on Friday, ending the five sessions this week with a slim loss of 0.32%.
Other major blue-chip gainers on Friday were diversified group Stara Planina Hold [BUL:5SR] and battery maker Monbat [BUL:5MB], with gains of 2.27% and 2.08%, respectively.
The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, also extended its winning run to two consecutive sessions, gaining 0.33% to 117.01 points on Friday, backed by a 4.08% rise in shares in cellulose producer Svilosa [BUL:3MZ].
Svilosa shares ended the session at 5.1 levs, following 25 deals for 8,806 shares.
On Thursday, Svilosa shares gained 4.26% after earlier during the day the financial regulator decided to temporarily ban the publication of a buyout offer by A.R.U.S. Holding for a 6.47% stake in the company, priced at 4.7 levs per share. The regulator did not provide the reason for its decision to ban the publication of the offer targeting 2,139,070 Svilosa shares.
The BGREIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts (REITs), ended a second consecutive session unchanged at 117.47 points, some 0.89% away from an all-time high.
The BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, closed 0.51% higher at 498.98 points, following a 12% rise in hotel operator Sv. Sv. Konstantin i Elena Holding [BUL:3NJ].
Total trading turnover on the BSE regulated market rose sharply to 1.25 million levs ($726,000/639,000 euro) on Friday from 383,000 levs on Thursday, as trade in government securities formed over 80% of the regulated market turnover in the last trading session for this week.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)
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