Sofia stock indices mostly advance, turnover slumps

Agricultural leasing company Elana Agrocredit [BUL:EAC], which increased by 1.85% to 1.10 levs, and IoT products maker Shelly Group [BUL:SLYG], which grew by 0.87% to 69.60 levs, led the SOFIX gainers.

Shelly Group was also the day's most liquid stock, generating 75,586 levs ($42,094/38,646 euro) as 1,086 shares traded.

Total turnover on the main market of the Sofia bourse slid to some 2.71 million levs on Monday from 12.76 million levs on Friday.

A 0.30% climb in Advance Terrafund REIT [BUL:ATER] to 3.34 levs drove up the BGREIT. The index, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts, ended the session 0.06% higher at 190.18 points.

The BEAMX index, which tracks the ten most highly capitalised growth companies, advanced by 0.60% to 97.38 points. It was spurred on by venture capital fund Webit Investment Network [BUL:WIN], which rose by 2.68% to 0.765 levs.

In comparison, the BGBX40, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, lost 0.16% to 165.93 points. The index was set back by a 2.99% tumble at hotel operator Albena [BUL:ALB] to 26.00 levs and a 2.83% decline in diversified group Stara Planina Hold [BUL:SPH] to 10.30 levs.

The BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, closed unchanged from Friday's trading session, at 810.65 points.

(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)