September 25 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian share indices gained ground on Friday and heavy trade in blue-chip drug maker Sopharma boosted the turnover, bourse data showed.
The SOFIX index, which comprises the 20 most liquid shares trading on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE), inched 0.28% up to 491.2 points after plunging 3.23% the previous day. The broader BG40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the bourse, added 0.88% to 133.7 points after a 2.39% fall on Thursday.
Turnover, excluding block and other pre-agreed deals, rose to 9.6 million levs ($7.2 million/4.9 million euro) from 8.8 million levs on Thursday.
A total of 2,036,203 Sopharma stocks were traded ending 0.46% higher at 4.17 levs.
On Friday, 16 stocks closed flat, 43 advanced and the same number of stocks declined.
Paint maker Orgachim surged the most among the blue chips gaining 5.54% to 103.43 points in a volume of just eight stocks, while Bulgarian-American Credit Bank (BACB) dropped the most among the SOFIX members - by 3.29% to 20 levs as 1,325 shares changed hands.
The BG-REIT, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, ended 1.16% higher at 48.67 points after a fall of 1.39% a day ago. The BG TotalReturn30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, advanced 0.79% to 367.94 points after losing 2.82% on Thursday.
The Dnevnik 20 index, calculated by local business daily Dnevnik from the share prices of the 20 leading companies in terms of liquidity and market capitalisation slipped 1.18% to 70.55 points. It fell 2.83% the previous day.
(1 euro=1.95583 Bulgarian levs)
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