May 31 (SeeNews) - The four Bulgarian Stock Exchange indices closed lower on Monday, mostly hurt by lenders First Investment Bank (Fibank) [BUL:FIB] and Central Cooperative Bank (CCB) [BUL:CCB].
Fibank was the top decliner on the BSE on Monday, erasing 3.47% of its share price and closing at 1.67 levs. CCB followed with a 3.13% share price decrease, to 0.93 levs.
Total regulated market turnover was much higher than usual and amounted to 5.8 million levs ($3.6 million/3 million euro). Industrial Holding Bulgaria [BUL:IHB] was the most traded stock, accounting for a turnover of some 3.7 million levs, while deals with shares in financial and insurance group Eurohold Bulgaria [BUL:EUBG] contributed a further 1.8 million levs.
The blue-chip SOFIX index slid 0.19% to 527.61 points. Besides the two banks, the index was also hurt by Eurohold Bulgaria and Telelink Business Services Group (TBS Group) [BUL:TBS], which lost 1.57% and 1.45%, respectively.
The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, fell 0.32% to 119.26 points, while the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, decreased 0.24% to 571.20 points.
The BGREIT index, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts, erased 0.34% to 151.21 points. The index was dragged down by a 0.82% decrease in the share price of Advance Terrafund REIT [BUL:ATER] and a 0.75% fall in Bulgarian Real Estate Fund REIT's [BUL:BREF] share price.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)
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