January 14 (SeeNews) - The indices of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange closed mixed on Monday, as the blue-chip SOFIX index put an end to the string of losses it has suffered since the beginning of the year, bourse data showed.
The SOFIX index, which tracks the 15 most traded and capitalised companies listed on the Sofia bourse, added 0.10% to 568.05 points, supported by gains in First Investment Bank (Fibank) [BUL:5F4] and software developer Sirma Group Holding [BUL:SKK].
Fibank closed 2.80% higher at 3.30 levs ($1.94/1.69 euro), as 450 shares changed hands. The lender, however, did not manage to erase last week's losses. On Friday its shares shed 3.31% of their value as 8,785 units changed hands.
Sirma Group Holding's shares appreciated 2.0% to 0.92 levs in a turnover of 6,735 shares.
The biggest blue-chip decliner was Central Cooperative Bank [BUL:4CF], which deepened the losses recorded since the start of the year. CCB closed 1.93% lower at 1.27 levs on Monday.
The BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares, closed 0.09% lower at 111.90 points.
The BGREIT index, which tracks real estate investment trusts listed on both the regulated market and the BaSE Alternative Market of the Sofia bourse, closed at 120.33 points, compared to 120.46 points on Friday.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)
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