October 31 (SeeNews) - The Bulgarian Stock Exchange BGREIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, set a new all time high of 130.42 points following a 3.06% rise on Thursday.
The BGREIT set its previous high of 128.08 points on September 30.
The index was mainly backed by a 25% jump in the share price of Roi Property Fund REIT [BUL:RPR] and a 5.50% increase in Aktive Properties REIT's [BUL:5AX] share price.
Things were not so positive for local financial and insurance group Eurohold Bulgaria [BUL:4EH], which saw its share price hit a 7-month low following a 5.88% drop on Thursday.
Last week, Bulgaria's competition authority barred Eurohold from acquiring the local assets of Czech energy group CEZ, saying the deal would lead to considerable advantage for the participants in the concentration which would hamper effective competition on the respective markets.
Eurohold Bulgaria has erased 14% of its share price since the regulator's decision.
The group led decliners among the blue-chip SOFIX index, the wider BGBX40 index and the equally-weighted BGTR30 index. However, all three indices closed the trading session in green territory.
The SOFIX rose 0.18% to 556.84 points, as resort operator Albena led gainers with a 5.05% increase.
The BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, advanced 0.77% to 109.83 points, while the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, rose 0.91% to 499.66 points.
Total regulated market trading turnover fell to 742,000 levs on Thursday from 1.4 million levs on Wednesday.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)