November 23 (SeeNews) - The main indices of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) declined on Wednesday, with the blue-chip SOFIX slipping by 0.45% to 591.70 points on losses at fertiliser maker Neochim [BUL:NEOH] and diversified group Doverie United Holding [BUL:DUH].
Neochim, which surged a day earlier after restarting its nitric acid production following a technical issue, fell by 4.02% to 43 levs on Wednesday. Doverie, which was also among the gainers on Tuesday, now lost 2.58% to 7.54 levs.
The BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded companies on the Sofia bourse, declined by 0.31% to 136.08 points. The biggest loser was steel radiator manufacturer Korado Bulgaria [BUL:KBG], which dropped by 6.25% to 6.00 levs. The index was additionally pressed by Neochim and a loss of 3.23% at diversified group Stara Planina Hold.
Neochim, Stara Planina and Doverie additionally pushed down the performance of the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight. Eventually, the index closed 0.12% lower at 714.30 points.
Lastly, the BGREIT index, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts, went down by 0.07% to 178.88 points as Advance TerraFund REIT [BUL:ATER] dipped by 0.33% to 2.98 levs.
Total turnover on the main market of the Sofia bourse fell to 13.5 million levs ($7.15 million/6.9 million euro) on Wednesday after soaring to 18.8 million levs a day earlier.
The most liquid stock was investment company Velgraf Asset Mngmt [BUL:VAM], which generated turnover of 10.7 million levs with 2.42 million shares traded. Eventually, the company closed flat at 4.42 levs.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)