December 22 (SeeNews) - Trading turnover on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) soared on Friday on the back of deals in shares of real estate investment company Velgraf Asset Management [BUL:1VX] and industrial conglomerate Chimimport [BUL:6C4].
BSE's total trading turnover amounted to 6.7 million levs ($4 million/3.4 million euro) on Friday, sharply up from 2.2 million levs on Thursday.
Trading in shares of Velgraf Asset Management and Chimimport generated a combined turnover of 5.2 million levs.
First Investment Bank (Fibank) [BUL:5F4] was the top blue-chip gainer on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange on Friday, closing 5% higher at 5.402 levs as 131,065 shares changed hands.
The BSE's blue-chip SOFIX index rose 0.91% to 671.84 points on Friday after edging up by 0.30% on Thursday.
The broader BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the BSE, added 0.48% to 130.87 points, after increasing 0.38% on Thursday.
The BG-REIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, added 0.21% to 114.50 points on Friday. On Thursday, the index closed 0.05% lower.
The BG TotalReturn30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, lost 0.33% to 547.58 points, following a 0.14% increase on Thursday.
Resort operator Albena [BUL:6AB] fell the most among blue chips, closing 1.43% lower at 61.111 levs.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)