December 10 (SeeNews) - The Bulgarian Stock Exchange benchmark SOFIX index erased 0.36% to 593.16 points on Monday as construction company Trace Group Hold [BUL:T57] fell most among blue chips.
Trace Group Hold shares ended 2.82% lower at 2.76 levs on Monday, extending their losses to 38.3% so far this year. In comparison, the SOFIX has lost 16.8% year-to-date.
Out of the 15 blue-chips on the Sofia bourse, six closed lower, while nine ended unchanged.
Diversified group Chimimport posted the second sharpest decline among blue chips, of 1.27% to 1.95 levs, followed by drug maker Sopharma with a 0.54% decrease to 3.7 levs.
The BGBX40, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, lost 0.75% to 115.30 points, as CEZ Distribution Bulgaria lost most among its constituents.
CEZ Distribution Bulgaria shares ended 5.66% lower at 200 levs.
Earlier this month, the company's parent - Czech energy group CEZ, said that it plans to start parallel negotiations with India Power over the sale of its assets in Bulgaria, including CEZ Distribution, although its agreement with Sofia-based Inercom remains valid.
The BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, shedded 0.75% to 115.30 points, as CEZ Distribution Bulgaria and Trace Group Hold fell most among its components.
The BGREIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts (REITs), lost 0.10% to 117.68 points on Monday, solely on the back of a 0.51% decrease in the share price of Advance Terrafund REIT [BUL:6A6].
Total trading turnover on the regulated market of the exchange halved to 1.6 million levs ($931,000/818,000 euro) on Monday from 3.2 million levs in the preceding trading session.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)