December 4 (SeeNews) - Shares of Eurohold Bulgaria [BUL:4EH] rose the most on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) on Monday after the financial and insurance group successfully issued a 70 million euro ($83.5 million) worth of five-year notes, bourse data showed.
Eurohold Bulgaria shares closed 4.17% higher at 1.375 levs as 5,000 units changed hands, making the company the top blue-chip gainer on the BSE.
The five-year notes carrying a fixed annual interest rate of 6.5% were subscribed by more than 20 institutional investors from the UK, Switzerland, Russia, Germany and Bulgaria, Eurohold said in a statement on Friday.
Also on Friday, Fitch Ratings said it has assigned Eurohold Bulgaria's corporate note issue a 'B'/'RR4' rating, in line with Eurohold's Issuer Default Rating.
Trading turnover on the Sofia bourse fell to 200,440 levs ($121,383/103,000 euro) on Monday from 4.8 million levs on Friday.
The BSE's blue-chip SOFIX index rose 0.38% to 669.53 points on Monday after adding 0.30% on Friday.
The broader BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the BSE, rose 0.34% to 130.97 points, after adding 0.03% on Friday.
The BG-REIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, increased 0.03% to 114.10 points on Monday. On Friday, the index closed 0.07% higher.
The BG TotalReturn30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, added 0.55% to 550.14 points, following a 0.14% decrease on Friday.
Bulgarian chemical fertilizer producer Neochim [BUL:3NB] fell the most among the blue chips on Monday, closing 3.49% lower at 54.00 levs.
Doverie United Holding [BUL:5DOV] was the most traded blue-chip on Monday as 5,125 of its shares changed hands at an average price of 2.117 levs.
(1 euro=1.95583 levs)