Trade in Industrial Holding Bulgaria bonds boosts Sofia bourse turnover, SOFIX rises

SOFIA (Bulgaria), September 19 (SeeNews) – Deals with corporate bonds issued by Industrial Holding Bulgaria [BUL:4IDF] generated 65% of the daily turnover on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) on Tuesday, bourse data showed.

A total of 6,000 Industrial Holding Bulgaria bonds changed hands at a price of 1,022.47 levs ($626,400/522,800 euro) apiece, generating a turnover of 6.1 million levs.

Trading turnover on the regulated market of the Sofia bourse rose to 9.4 million levs on Tuesday from 4.1 million levs on Monday.

The blue-chip SOFIX index rose 0.15% to 670.33 points on Tuesday, after losing 1.69% on Monday.

Car battery manufacturer MonBat [BUL:5MB] rose the most among blue chips on Tuesday, as it closed 2.76% higher at 10.8 levs.

The broader BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the BSE, added 0.33% to 128.93 points on Tuesday, after falling 1.60% on Monday.

The BG-REIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, decreased 0.45% to 113.79 points on Tuesday. On Monday, the index closed 0.28% lower.

The BG TotalReturn30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, rose by 0.29% to 541.17 points in Tuesday’s trading session, following a 1.25% drop on Monday.

Software developer Sirma Group Holding [BUL:SKK] was the most traded blue chip on Tuesday, as 237,560 of the company shares changed hands at an average price of 1.099 levs.

Hydraulic equipment manufacturer M+S Hydraulic [BUL:5MH] was the biggest blue-chip decliner on Tuesday, as its shares fell 2.98% to 7.713 levs.

(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)

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