August 24 (SeeNews) - Trade in shares of financial leasing company Elana Agrocredit [BUL:0EA] generated a turnover of 230,280 levs, or 61% of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange regulated market turnover on Friday, as industrial stocks helped the main SOFIX index close higher in a second consecutive trading session.
Elana Agrocredit shares closed 0.86% higher at 1.17 levs, as 198,466 shares in the company changed hands in 20 deals on Friday.
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Total trading turnover fell sharply to 376,193 levs ($223,300/192,340 euro) on Friday, from 7.46 million levs on Thursday, when trading in government securities formed over 96% of the turnover.
The blue-chip SOFIX index closed 0.31% higher at 636.32 points, rising for a second consecutive trading session.
Car battery maker Monbat [BUL:5MB] gained most among blue chips, adding 2.53% to 8.1 levs, followed by Industrial Holding Bulgaria [BUL:4ID] wit a 1.57% rise to 0.97 levs.
Construction company Trace Group Hold [BUL:T57] was the biggest blue-chip decliner, closing 3.08% lower at 3.78 levs.
The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, rose 0.33% to 123.07 points, backed by double-digit growth in the share price of two real estate investment trusts.
Aktiv Properties REIT [BUL:5AX] gained 14.01% to 4.72 levs in a single deal for 38 shares, while FairPlay Properties REIT added 14.0% to 0.57 levs in a deal for just 3 shares.
The BGREIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, edged down 0.03% to 116.47 points.
A 0.98% rise in the share price of Advance Terrafund REIT [BUL:6A6] was offset by a 1.02% drop in the shares of Bulgarian Real Estate Fund REIT [BUL:5BU1].
All other BGREIT components closed without change in their share price on Friday.
The BG TotalReturn30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, increased 0.06% to 525.98 points, backed by the share price growth of Monbat and Industrial Holding Bulgaria.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)