September 25 (SeeNews) - Car battery maker Monbat [BUL:5MB] and resort operator Albena [BUL:6AB] recorded the biggest gains among blue-chips on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange on Wednesday, contributing to the 0.25% rise of the blue-chip SOFIX index.
Monbat and Albena became members of the SOFIX on Tuesday after the index's second rebalancing this year, replacing hydraulic equipment manufacturer M+S Hydraulic [BUL:5MH] and diversified group Stara Planina Hold [BUL:5SR].
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Monbat shares closed Wednesday's trading session 4.76% higher at 6.60 levs, while Albena shares added 3.85% to 43.2 levs.
Monbat and Albena also led gainers among the wider BGBX40 index and the equally-weighted BGTR30 index.
The BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, rose 0.17% to 112.94 points, while the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, added 0.24% to 504.75 points.
The BGREIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, closed 0.15% lower at 126.55 points.
Total regulated market trading turnover grew sharply to 1.77 million levs ($993,000/905,000 euro) on Wednesday from some 224,000 levs on Tuesday.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)