March 12 (SeeNews) - All five indices of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) retreated on Tuesday, with the blue-chip SOFIX dipping 0.45% to 810.13 points on the back of losses at fertiliser producer Neochim [BUL:NEOH] and First Investment Bank, or Fibank, [BUL:FIB], bourse data showed.
Neochim dropped by 4.93% to 21.20 levs, while Fibank slipped by 1.54% to 2.56 levs.
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Neochim also pushed down the BGBX40, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, and the BGTR30, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight. Both indices were further impacted by farming group Agria Group Holding [BUL:AGH], which erased 1.74% to 19.75 levs.
Overall, the BGBX40 sank 0.24% to 165.45 points, whereas the BGTR30 declined by 0.17% to 812.43 points.
The BGREIT index, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts, shed 0.35% to 189.67 points. It was pressed by a 0.90% tumble in Advance Terrafund REIT [BUL:ATER] to 3.31 levs and a 0.77% fall in Bulgarian Real Estate Fund REIT [BUL:BREF] to 2.58 levs.
Finally, the BEAMX index, which tracks the ten most highly capitalised growth companies, plunged 2.16% to 97.39 points. Its biggest decliner was electric vehicle manufacturer Sin Cars Industry [BUL:SIN], which slid 9.80% to 0.46 levs.
Total turnover on the Sofia bourse slumped to 559,882 levs ($312,771/286,262 euro) on Tuesday from 3.17 million levs on Monday.
IoT products maker Shelly Group [BUL:SLYG] was the top stock by turnover for the fourth consecutive trading day, generating 236,599 levs after 3,574 shares traded. The company closed 0.30% lower at 66.20 levs.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)
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