Bulgarian pawnshop chain Sofia Commerce-Pawn Brokerage [BUL:6SOB] said on Tuesday its consolidated net profit rose to 730,000 levs ($431,500/373,000 euro) in the first half of 2018 from 724,000 levs in the like period of last year.Net interest income declined to 2.72 million levs in the period under review from 2.75 million levs in the first half of the previous year, the company said in a bourse filing.Operating expenses rose to 2.1 million levs from 2 million levs. Sofia Commerce-Pawn Brokerage operates a chain of over 125 pawnshops in Bulgaria.(1 euro = 1.95583 Bulgarian levs)