Sofia blue-chip stock index rises, Monbat leads gainers

Eurohold Bulgaria [BUL:4EH] and Stara Planina Hold [BUL:5SR] followed with gains of 4.61% and 2.23%, respectively.

The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, increased 0.67% to 99.36 points, while the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, added 0.72% to 494.21 points.

The BGREIT index, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts, grew 0.36% to 135.65 points.

Total regulated market turnover amounted to 1.9 million levs ($1.2 million/1 million euro). Turnover was mainly boosted by deals with shares in drug maker Sopharma [BUL:3JR], worth a total of 1.2 million levs.

(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)