May 9 (SeeNews) - The four main share indices of the Sofia bourse started the trading week in the green, with the blue-chip SOFIX index rising the most, 0.66% to 617.95 points, bourse data showed on Tuesday.
SOFIX was driven higher by a 4.85% climb in First Investment Bank, or Fibank, [BUL:FIB] to 2.16 levs and by a 2.34% increase in car battery maker Monbat [BUL:MONB] to 4.38 levs. Monday was a non-trading day in Bulgaria due to a public holiday.
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In addition to Fibank, a 4.97% jump in hardboard manufacturer Fazerles [BUL:FZLS] to 19.00 levs helped the BGBX40, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, to advance 0.49% to 141.22 points. The advance was tempered by a 9.29% slump in diversified group Zarneni Hrani Bulgaria [BUL:ZHBG] to 0.127 levs with 13,500 shares traded.
Fibank and Monbat also paced the gainers among constituents of the BGTR30, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight. The BGTR30 finished 0.21% higher at 723.87 points. The index's positive performance was limited by a 3.57% loss in Agria Group Holding [BUL:AGH] to 21.60 levs.
The fourth main index, the BGREIT, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts, moved up 0.31% to 189.64 points, on the back of a 1.46% rise in Advance TerraFund [BUL:ATER] to 3.48 levs.
Total turnover on the main market of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange surged to 2.73 million levs ($1.5 million/1.4 million euro) on the day from 1.5 million levs on Friday.
The most liquid stock was Doverie United Holding [BUL:DUH], of which 144,306 shares changed hands at an average price of 7.82 levs, 0.26% lower than in the prior trading session. Doverie generated a turnover of some 1.13 million levs.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)
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