January 25 (SeeNews) - The Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) [BUL:BSO], which operates the country's sole stock exchange, said on Monday that it repurchased 50,000 own shares through its wholly-owned unit Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange on January 22.
The Sofia bourse operator bought the shares at a price of 4.90 levs ($3.10/2.50 euro) apiece, it said in a statement.
The shares were acquired as part of a share repurchase programme launched on January 22 and targeting up to 197,000 own shares. The programme will run until the end of 2021.
As at 14:05 CET on Monday, shares in the BSE traded 3.27% lower at 4.74 levs.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)