Sofia blue-chip stock index rises, Fibank leads gainers

Lender First Investment Bank (Fibank) [BUL:5F4] saw the largest share price rise among SOFIX members on Friday, of 2.66%.

Diversified group Holding Varna [BUL:5V2] and construction company Trace Group Hold [BUL:T57] followed with gains of 2.60% and 2.37%, respectively.

The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, increased 0.34% to 98.70 points, while the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, added 0.23% to 490.70 points.

The BGREIT index, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts, edged down 0.01% to 135.16 points.

Total regulated market turnover amounted to 1.45 million levs ($900,000/741,000 euro).

(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)