August 30 (SeeNews) - The Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) [BUL:BSE], the operator of the bourse in Sofia, said that its consolidated net profit rose to 3.6 million levs ($2.2 million/1.8 million euro) in the first six months of 2021 from some 2.4 million levs in the like period of last year.
The BSE's consolidated revenue grew to 7.6 million levs in the first half of this year from 5.8 million levs in the comparable period of 2020, the company said in an interim financial statement on Friday.
The bourse's revenue was boosted by a 1.4 million levs increase in the volume of electricity trading fees collected by the Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange (IBEX), according to the financial statement.
Expenses increased to 3.6 million levs in the review period from 3.15 million levs in the first half of last year, due to a rise in expenses for hired services.
As at 10:00 CET on Monday, BSE's shares traded unchanged at 8.15 levs on the Sofia bourse.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)