Sofia bourse indices extend gains, turnover soars on Elea trades

SOFIX was spurred on by diversified group Chimimport [BUL:CHIM], which surged 7.46% to 0.72 levs, and Central Cooperative Bank [BUL:CCB], which jumped 7.24% to 1.63 levs.

The two companies also drove up the BGBX40, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, and the BGTR30, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight. Both indices were additionally supported by a 6.21% increase in software developer Sirma Group Holding [BUL:SGH] to 0.77 levs.

Overall, the BGBX40 index grew by 0.79% to 167.84 points, while the BGTR30 leapt 1.17% to 831.64 points.

The BGREIT index, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts, went up 0.08% to 189.84 points. It was lifted by a 1.20% gain in Advance Terrafund REIT [BUL:ATER] to 3.38 levs.

A 5.26% advance in venture capital firm Webit Investment Network [BUL:WIN] to 0.80 levs mostly buoyed the BEAMX. The index, which tracks the ten most highly capitalised growth companies, added 0.57% to 98.32 points.

Total turnover on the main market of the BSE soared to 2.46 million levs ($1.35 million/1.26 million euro) on Wednesday from 660,658 levs on Tuesday.

Investment company Elea Capital Holding [BUL:RDNA] generated the highest turnover of the day, at some 1.37 million levs, after 50,600 shares changed hands. The stock closed flat at 27.00 levs.

(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)