October 12 (SeeNews) - A single deal for 80,100 shares in diversified group 235 Holdings [BUL:94G] formed 74% of the regulated market turnover on the Sofia bourse on Friday, as the benchmark SOFIX index returned to green territory, supported by blue-chip lenders, which partially erased losses from Thursday.
The deal, worth just over 1 million levs ($586,600/511,300 euro), was priced at 12.5 levs per share, same as the company's last closing price on the Sofia bourse. Total trading turnover on the regulated market of the exchange fell to 1.3 million levs on Friday from 2.1 million levs during the preceding session.
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The SOFIX index gained 0.22% to 610.40 points, after hitting a 20-month low on Thursday, when global equities tumbled, prompted by Wednesday's Wall Street rout.
First Investment Bank (Fibank) [BUL:5F4] led gainers on Friday, adding 2.82% to a closing price of 3.65 levs, after losing 3.27% in the preceding session.
The other blue-chip lender - Central Cooperative Bank (CCB) [BUL:4CF], gained 0.59% to 1.71 levs, ending a four-sessions losing streak.
Resort operator Albena [BUL:6AB] fell most among blue chips, losing 1.22% to 48.4 levs. However, only 8 Albena shares changed hands in a single deal on Friday.
The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, edged up 0.02% to 119.29 points, as shares in car battery manufacturer Elhim Iskra [BUL:52E] bounced back.
Elhim Iskra shares gained 8.33% to 1.17 levs on Friday, after losing 8.47% in the previous session.
The BGREIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts (REITs), lost 0.10% to 117.18 points, solely on the back of a 0.50% decrease in shares of the biggest REIT on the bourse - Advance Terrafund REIT [BUL:6A6].
The BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, fell 0.20% to 506.92 points.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)
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