August 14 (SeeNews) - All four main indices of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) gained ground on Monday, with the blue-chip SOFIX adding 0.29% to 708.55 points, bourse data showed.
SOFIX was lifted by a 6.54% jump at First Investment Bank, or Fibank, [BUL:FIB] to 2.28 levs and a 3.08% rise in the share price of IoT products maker Shelly Group [BUL:SLYG] to 36.80 levs.
Fibank and Shelly Group were also among the top gainers in the BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, and the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight. Both indices were further boosted by hydraulic equipment manufacturer M+S Hydraulic [BUL:MSH], which advanced by 4.59% to 11.40 levs, with the BGBX40 also growing on the back of an 8.51% surge in online betting operator Telematic Interactive Bulgaria [BUL:TIB] to 15.30 levs.
Overall, the BGBX40 rose by 0.32% to 152.31 points, while the BGTR30 went up 0.49% to 778.38 points.
The BGREIT index, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts, closed 0.66% higher at 191.16 points. It was spurred on by real estate investment trust (REIT) Balkan and Sea Properties [BUL:BSP], which added 3.77% to 22.00 levs, and Super Borovets Property Fund REIT [BUL:SBPF], which increased by 0.69% to 2.90 levs.
Total turnover on the BSE's main market soared to 3.23 million levs ($1.8 million/1.7 million euro) on Monday from 264,149 levs on Friday.
Diversified group Rodna Zemya Holding [BUL:HRZ] was the day's top stock by turnover, generating 745,000 levs from trading 250,000 shares. The stock closed flat at 2.98 levs.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)
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