December 29 (SeeNews) - All main Bulgarian stock indices closed in green territory on Thursday, excluding the blue-chip SOFIX, which inched down by 0.01% to 602.86 points.
The top two losers in SOFIX were drug maker Sopharma [BUL:SFA] and IT services management provider Telelink Business Services Group, or TBS Group, [BUL:TBS]. According to bourse data, Sopharma fell by 0.89% to 4.46 levs, while TBS lost 0.88% to 11.30 levs.
The only gainer in the index was IoT and smart home products maker Allterco [BUL:A4L], which added 1.98% to 20.60 levs with 3,415 shares traded.
Allterco supported the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, and the BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse.
The top gainer in both indices, however, was diversified group Industrial Holding Bulgaria [BUL:IHB], which jumped by 8.11% to 2.00 levs.
In BGBX40, Industrial Holding was followed by aluminium products manufacturer Alcomet [BUL:ALCM], which added 4.49% to 8.15 levs. Overall, the index closed 0.13% higher at 139.01 points.
The BGTR30 index increased by 0.10% to 729.85 points on the back of Industrial Holding Bulgaria and Allterco.
Finally, the BGREIT index, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts, rose by 0.23% to 184.56 points. The only gainer was Super Borovetz Property Fund REIT [BUL:SBPF], which advanced by 1.35% to 3.00 levs.
Total turnover on the BSE's main market plunged to 351,747 levs ($191,674 /351,747 euro) on Thursday from 1.2 million levs in the last trading day before Christmas.
With 70,349 levs, Allterco generated the largest turnover for the day.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)