September 30 (SeeNews) - The blue-chip SOFIX index of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) closed higher on Thursday, mainly backed by a 5.83% rise in the share price of financial and insurance group Eurohold Bulgaria [BUL:EUBG], bourse data showed.
A total of 23,362 shares in Eurohold changed hands at an average price of 2.1423 levs on the floor of the Sofia bourse on Thursday.
On Wednesday, power supplier CEZ Electro Bulgaria [BUL:CEZE] and power utility CEZ Distribution Bulgaria [BUL:CEZD] said in two separate statements that Dutch-based Eastern European Electric Company (EEEC), which is 100% indirectly owned by Eurohold, has submitted corrected offers to acquire the remaining 33% shareholding interest in the two companies it does not already own.
The BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the BSE, advanced by 0.92% to 135.54 points.
The BGTR30 in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, added 1.19% to 658.05 points.
The BGBX40 was mainly supported by a 9.60% increase in the share price of cable manufacturer Emka [BUL:EMKA], while an 8.74% gain in the shares of Galata Investment Company [BUL:GTH] helped the BGTR30 close higher.
The BGREIT index, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts, advanced by 0.31% to 162.20 points mostly due to a 1.11% increase in the share price of Intercapital Property Development REIT [BUL:ICPD].
Turnover on BSE's main market fell to 1.4 million levs ($829,700/715,800 euro) on Thursday from 2.6 million levs on Wednesday.
The most traded company on Thursday was Telelink Business Services Group (TBS Group) [BSE:TBS]. As many as 44,309 company shares traded at an average price of 17.0157 levs, contributing about 753,900 levs of the turnover for the day.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)