SOFIA (Bulgaria), April 25 (SeeNews) -The Bulgarian Stock Exchange main SOFIX index ended a four-day losing streak after closing 0.72% higher at 573.77 points on Thursday, as lender First Investment Bank (Fibank) [BUL:5F4] rose most among blue chips.
Fibank shares gained 4.68% to 3.58 levs on Thursday.
Total trading turnover on the BSE regulated market rose sharply to 2.2 million levs ($1.3 million/1.1 million euro) on Thursday from 340,000 levs on Wednesday.
The bulk of trading turnover on Thursday was formed by two deals in real estate investment company 235 Holdings, worth a total of 2.0 million levs.
The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, rose 0.18% to 114.54 points, while the BGTR30, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, increased 0.40% to 499.93 points.
The BGREIT index, which tracks real estate investment trusts, advanced 0.22% to 120.29 points, as a 2.13% rise in Bulgarian Real Estate Fund REIT shares was partially offset by a 1.08% decrease in the share price of Advance Terrafund REIT [BUL:6A6].
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)
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