December 22 (SeeNews) - Three of the four main Bulgarian stock indices ended in green territory on Thursday, while solar photovoltaic (PV) equipment supplier AmonRa Energy [BUL:AMON] closed flat at 12.40 levs in its market debut after its recent initial public offering (IPO).
The shares of AmonRa started trading on Thursday on the BEAM growth market of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange after the company conducted an IPO at the end of November, raising 3.1 million levs.
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Bulgaria’s blue-chip index SOFIX added 0.12% to 601.42 points thanks to gains at First Investment Bank, or Fibank, [BUL:FIB] and fertiliser producer Neochim [BUL:NEOH]. Fibnak increased by 4.74% to 1.99 levs with 33,000 shares traded, while Neochim gained 3.45% to 42 levs.
Fibank and Neochim also supported the BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, and the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight. As a result, BGBX40 ended the day 0.19% higher at 139.02 points and BGTR30 gained 0.42% to 728.93 points.
The BGREIT index, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts, was the only one to close in red after falling by 0.44% to 183.75 points. It was dragged by Bulgarian Real Estate Fund [BUL:BREF], which lost 1.89% to 2.08 levs. Furthermore, Advance Terrafund [BUL:ATER] fell by 0.31% to 3.17 levs.
Total turnover on the BSE's main market jumped to 2.7 million levs on Thursday from 460,633 levs a day earlier.
Sopharma Properties [BUL:SFI] was the top stock by turnover, after generating 846,940 levs with 90,100 shares traded. The stock closed flat at 9.40 levs.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)
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