SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 2 (SeeNews) – The indices of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) ended mixed as turnover declined on Tuesday, bourse data showed.
The SOFIX index, which comprises the 20 most liquid shares trading on the BSE, edged up 0.84% to 440.44 points. The BG40, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the bourse, lost 0.02% to 118.12 points. On Monday, the SOFIX gained 0.3% and the BG40 rose 0.4%.
Total turnover, excluding block and other pre-arranged deals, fell to 1.15 million levs ($820,000/590,000 euro) from Monday’s 3.66 million levs.
On Tuesday, 37 shares rose, 22 dropped and 14 closed unchanged.
All the 20 blue chips were traded on Tuesday with three losing ground, as many closing flat and the rest advancing.
The most liquid blue chip was Chimimport, ending up 1.95% at 2.87 levs in a volume of 89,370 ordinary stocks. Its preferred shares gained 1.21% to 2.85 levs in a volume of 18,522.
Blue chip Central Cooperative Bank was also actively traded, adding 0.54% to 1.31 levs in a volume of 71,214 stocks.
The BG-REIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, lost 0.41% to 46.12 points. The BG TotalReturn30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, rose by 0.36% to 336.44 points. On Monday, the BG-REIT lost 0.17% and the BG TotalReturn30 index gained 0.43%.
The Dnevnik 20 index, calculated by local business daily Dnevnik from the share prices of the 20 leading companies in terms of liquidity and market capitalisation, ended flat at 63.16 points for a second session in row.
(1 euro = 1.95583 Bulgarian levs)