May 11 (SeeNews) - Three of the four Bulgarian Stock Exchange indices gained ground in April amid a surge in the total regulated maker trading turnover, the bourse operator said on Tuesday.
Turnover on the regulated market jumped by an annual 85.5% to 47.7 million levs ($29.7 million/24.4 million euro) in April, and was 79.41% higher month-on-month, the stock exchange operator said in a monthly bulletin.
The blue-chip SOFIX index gained 4% to 522.39 points in April, as IoT products maker Allterco [BUL:A4L] saw the largest share price rise among its members, of 32.11%. Other major gainers among SOFIX members were resort operator Albena [BUL:ALB] and Doverie United Holding [BUL:DUH], which gained 16.30% and 14.09%, respectively.
The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, rose 4.98% to 118.79 points, while the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, added 5.61% to 568.78 points.
The only index to record a slim decrease in April was the BGREIT, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts. The BGREIT ended 2.99% higher at 147.43 points, setting multiple all-time high closing values throughout the month.
The total market capitalisation of the BSE regulated market jumped by an annual 27.24% to 10.15 billion levs at the end of April, and was 4.52% higher month-on-month.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)