August 23 (SeeNews) - Shares of diversified group Stara Planina Hold [BUL:5SR] rose the most among blue chips on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange on Thursday, after the company announced it expects a 15% increase in its sales during the first eights months of the year.
Stara Planina Hold shares closed 5.22% higher at 7.05 levs, as 316 shares in the holding changed hands in two deals on Thursday.
Total trading turnover on the regulated market of the exchange rose sharply from 917,489 levs on Wednesday to 7.46 million levs ($4.4 million/3.8 million euro) on Thursday, of which 96.4% was formed by trade in government securities.
A total of 2,500 fifteen-year government bonds with a 5.75% annual coupon traded on Thursday, as well as 500 eight-year government securities with an annual coupon of 0.80%.
The blue-chip SOFIX index closed 0.77% higher at 634.33 points, ending its two-day losing streak.
In addition to Stara Planina Hold, local lender Central Cooperative Bank (CCB) [BUL:4CF] and software developer Sirma Group Holding [BUL:SKK] helped SOFIX end in green, gaining 2.29% and 1.86%, respectively.
Diversified group Holding Varna [BUL:5V2] fell the most among blue chips on Thursday, closing 1.08% lower at 36.8 levs, followed by Industrial Holding Bulgaria, with a 1.04% drop to 0.955 levs.
The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, rose 0.75% to 122.66 points, backed by a 7.43% growth in the share price of Severcoop Gamza Holding, which ended at 3.76 levs.
The BGREIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, added 0.41% to 116.50 points, as Bulgarian Real Estate Fund REIT [BUL:5BU1] and Advance Terrafund REIT [BUL:6A6] gained 1.03% and 0.99%, respectively.
All other BGREIT components closed without change in their share price on Thursday.
The BG TotalReturn30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, increased 0.25% to 525.68 points, backed by the share price growth of Stara Planina Hold.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)
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