March 8 (SeeNews) - The Bulgarian Stock Exchange blue-chip SOFIX index edged up 0.08% to 494.08 points on Monday, largely backed by lender First Investment Bank (Fibank) [BUL:FIB] and battery maker Monbat [BUL:MONB].
Fibank's share price grew 2.31% on Monday, while Monbat added 2.27%.
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Regulated market turnover remained higher than usual, again supported by recently-admitted heating utility Toplofikatsiya-Ruse [BUL:TPLR]. Turnover totalled 2.1 million levs ($1.3 million/1.1 million euro) on Monday, over 98% of which was formed by deals with Toplofikatsiya-Ruse shares.
On Friday, when Toplofikatsiya-Ruse made its BSE debut, turnover amounted to 5.4 million levs, as deals with Toplofikatsiya-Ruse shares formed 82% of the total.
The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, increased 0.41% to 110.59 points, while the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, advanced 0.28% to 532.47 points.
The BGREIT index, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts, fell 0.45% to 145.01 points.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)
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