September 27 (SeeNews) - Resort operator Albena [BUL:6AB] gained 4.08% on Thursday, after losing a total of 5.77% of its share price during the previous five trading sessions, and helped the blue-chip SOFIX index of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange end in positive territory, bourse data shows.
The SOFIX grew 0.09% to 623.63 points on Thursday, although only four of its fifteen components ended higher.
Civil engineering company Trace Group Hold [BUL:T57] posted the second highest growth in share price among blue chips on Thursday, of 2.48% to 3.3 levs, followed by drug maker Sopharma [BUL:3JR] with a 1.25% rise to 4.05 levs.
First Investment Bank fell most among SOFIX members, losing 1.84% to 3.74 levs on Thursday.
Total trading turnover on the regulated market of the Sofia bourse increased to 484,080 levs ($288,800/247,500 euro) on Thursday from 336,015 levs on Wednesday.
The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, extended its winning streak to three sessions, gaining 0.25% to 122.23 points on Thursday.
The BG-REIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts (REITs), lost 0.09% to 117.16 points, following a 0.98% drop in the share price of Advance Terrafund [BUL:6A6], which was only partially offset by a 0.51% rise in Bulgarian Real Estate Fund [BUL:5BU] shares.
The BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, added 0.16% to 521.33 points.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)
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