February 6 (SeeNews) - Two of the four main stock indices of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) closed in green territory on Monday, with the blue-chip SOFIX climbing by 0.12% to 612.00 points, bourse data showed.
The index was pushed up by IoT products maker Allterco [BUL:A4L], which jumped by 4.29% to 21.90 levs with 10,027 shares traded. Additionally, fertiliser producer Neochim [BUL:NEOH] gained 2.44% to 42.00 levs, while software developer Sirma Group Holding [BUL:SGH] added 2.17% to 0.705 levs with 11,650 shares traded.
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Allterco, Neochim and Sirma also supported the BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse. The companies more than offset a 3.15% loss to 4.30 levs at battery manufacturer Monbat [BUL:MONB]. The index eventually inched up by 0.01% to 141.30 points.
Dragged by Monbat, the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, slipped by 0.02% to 739.81 points. Additionally, the index was pushed down by venture capital firm Eleven Capital [BUL:11C], which decreased by 2.54% to 23.00 levs.
Finally, the BGREIT index, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts, went down by 0.19% to 186.89 points. The only loser was Bulgarian Real Estate Fund REIT [BUL:BREF], which fell by 0.94% to 2.10 levs.
Total turnover on the main market of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange rose slightly to 563,567 levs ($309,231/288,147 euro) on Monday from 534,846 levs on Friday.
The top stock by turnover was Allterco, which generated 219,591 levs.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)