Bulgaria's stock exchange acquires energy bourse IBEX
05/02/2018 16:54
SOFIA, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The Bulgarian Stock Exchange BSE
BSO.BB , majority controlled by the state, has finalised a 5.2
million levs ($3.3 million) deal to acquire the Balkan country's
energy exchange IBEX after receiving all regulatory approvals,
it said on Monday.
State-owned energy holding BEH pledged to transfer the
control of the day-ahead power exchange, setup in early 2016, as
part of a settlement with the EU over antitrust charges that it
blocked rivals in the Bulgarian wholesale power market.
($1 = 1.5756 leva)
(Reporting by Tsvetelia Tsolova, editing by David Evans)
((tsvetelia.tsolova@thomsonreuters.com; +359 888 311 435))
Keywords: BULGARIA BOURSE/IBEX