February 5 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian Stock Exchange indices ended higher on Tuesday as blue-chip lenders Central Cooperative Bank (CCB) [BUL:4CF] and First Investment Bank (Fibank) [BUL:5F4] saw hefty increases in their share price.
CCB shares ended 2.03% higher at 1.51 levs, while Fibank added 1.97% to 3.62 levs.
The only other blue-chip gainer on Tuesday was construction company Trace Group Hold [BUL:T57], which closed 0.71% higher at 2.82 levs.
The benchmark SOFIX index, which tracks the 15 most traded and capitalised stocks on the market, rose 0.11% to 579.06 points.
The two lenders were also among the top gainers among members of the wider BGBX40 and the equally-weighted BGTR30.
The BGBX40 gained 0.32% to 114.88 points, while the BGTR30 grew 0.21% to 492.22 points.
The BGREIT index, which tracks real estate investment trusts, closed 0.10% lower at 120.40 points solely due to a 0.51% decline in the share price of Advance Terrafund REIT [BUL:6A6].
Total trading turnover plunged further, to 111,000 levs ($65,000/57,000 euro) on Tuesday from 131,000 levs in the preceding trading session.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)
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