August 7 (SeeNews) - Trade in government securities generated 94% of the regulated market turnover on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange on Tuesday, bourse data shows.
A total of 6,000 fifteen-year government bonds changed hands on the Sofia bourse, generating a turnover of 16 million levs ($9.5 million/8.2 million euro). The securities carry an annual coupon of 5.75% with payments due twice per year.
Total trading turnover on the BSE regulated market soared to 17 million levs on Tuesday from 901,380 levs on Monday.
The blue-chip SOFIX index increased 0.13% to 640.21 points on Tuesday, supported by a 2.24% growth in the share price of Stara Planina Hold, which closed at 6.85 levs.
Resort operator Albena [BUL:6AB] fell the most among blue chips, closing 6.09% lower at 54 levs.
Bulgarian Real Estate Fund REIT [BUL:5BU] was the most traded blue chip during the trading session, as 94,378 shares in the company changed hands at a weighted average price per share of 1.9 levs, same as its opening price.
The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, gained 0.56% to 124.34 points.
Fairplay Properties REIT [BUL:6F3] rose the most among BGBX40 components, closing 9.43% higher at 0.53 levs, followed by Synergon Holding [BUL:6S7] which rose 8.49% to 1.15 levs, partially erasing the 10.17% drop in its share price on Monday.
The BG-REIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts (REITs), closed unchanged at 115.96 points, as only two of its components - Bulgarian Real Estate Fund REIT and Advance Terrafund REIT [BUL:6A6], traded on Tuesday, both closing unchanged.
The BG TotalReturn30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, added 0.54% to 531.48 points.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)