February 28 (SeeNews) - Three of the five indices of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) closed in the red on Wednesday, whereas the blue-chip SOFIX edged up 0.08% to 784.03 points, bourse data showed.
The benchmark index was boosted by a 3.65% increase in First Investment Bank, or Fibank, [BUL:FIB] to 2.84 levs, coupled with a 2.68% climb in the Bulgarian Stock Exchange [BUL:BSE] to 15.35 levs.
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The BGREIT index, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts, ended the session 0.26% higher at 191.49 points. It was propelled by Balkan and Sea Properties REIT [BUL:BSP], which added 0.88% to 23.00 levs, and Bulgarian Real Estate Fund REIT [BUL:BREF], which grew by 0.78% to 2.60 levs.
Meanwhile, the broader BGBX40 fell by 0.11% to 161.66 points, with its biggest decliner being diversified group Synergon Holding [BUL:SNRG], which slumped 12.00% to 1.32 levs. The index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, was further constrained by a 1.90% slip in hydraulic equipment manufacturer M+S Hydraulic [BUL:MSH] to 10.30 levs.
M+S Hydraulic also drove down the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, by 0.01% to 805.07 points.
The BEAMX index, which tracks the ten most highly capitalised growth companies, dipped by 0.87% to 99.50 points. It was mostly hit by a 6.06% drop in MFG Invest [BUL:MFG] to 3.10 levs.
Battery manufacturer Monbat [BUL:MONB] generated the highest turnover of the day, or 209,437 levs ($115,736/107,083 euro). The stock closed flat at 3.60 levs after 58,177 shares traded.
Total turnover on the main market of the BSE surged to 4.45 million levs on Wednesday from 1.3 million levs a day earlier.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)
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