January 13 (SeeNews) - All four main indices of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) closed in green territory on Friday, with the blue-chip SOFIX rising by 0.91% to 623.26 points boosted by First Investment Bank, or Fibank, [BUL:FIB].
Fibank jumped by 11.32% to 2.36 levs with 31,150 shares traded. SOFIX was additionally pushed up by a 4.22% gain at diversified group Chimimport [BUL:CHIM] to 0.84 levs.
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Fibank was also the top gainer in the BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse. The index was also supported by a 8.82% rise in civil engineering company Trace Group Hold [BUL:T57] to 3.70 levs and and an 7.75% increase at poultry producer Gradus [BUL:GR6] to 1.53 levs. Cable and wire manufacturer Emka [BUL:EMKA] also showed strong growth of 7.69% to 3.36 levs. Overall, the index went up by 1.07% to 142.68 points.
BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, advanced by 1.10% to 746.13 points. Growth was driven by Fibank, Chimimport as well as a 5.36% rise in venture capital firm Eleven Capital [BUL:11C] to 23.60 levs.
Finally, the BGREIT index, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts, climbed by 0.31% to 186.70 points. It was supported by Bulgarian Real Estate Fund [BUL:BSP], which advanced by 0.98% to 2.06 levs, and Advance Terrafund REIT [BUL:ATER], which gained 0.59% to 3.40 levs.
Total turnover on the main market of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange rose to 786,268 levs ($434,644/402,012 euro) on Friday from 664,900 levs a day earlier.
The top stock by turnover was diversified group Doverie United Holding [BUL:DUH], generating 310,256 levs. The stock closed 3.65% higher at 8.52 levs with 36,415 shares traded.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)
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