Industrial Holding Bulgaria, Fibank back rise of Sofia stock indices
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SOFIA (Bulgaria), June 2 (SeeNews) - Strong gains in diversified group Industrial Holding Bulgaria [BUL:IHB] and First Investment Bank (Fibank) [BUL:FIB] helped the indices of the Sofia bourse close higher on Wednesday, bourse data showed.
Industrial Holding Bulgaria leaped 8.47% to close at 1.28 levs. A total of 64,368 shares changed hands during the day at an average price of 1.21 levs apiece.
Fibank closed at 1.77 levs, 3.82% higher, in a daily turnover of 3,749 shares.
BSE's blue-chip SOFIX index climbed up 0.97% to 534.77 points.
The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, rose 1.16% to 120.46 points, while the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, went up 1.27% to 577.85 points.