October 29 (SeeNews) - The stock indices on the Sofia bourse ended mostly down as turnover inched lower on Thursday, bourse data showed.
The SOFIX index, which comprises the 20 most liquid shares trading on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE), fell 0.45% to 453.43 points and the broader BG40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the bourse, lost 0.3% to 122.79 points.
Turnover, excluding block and other pre-agreed deals, dipped to 635,000 levs ($480,000/325,000 euro) from 644,000 levs on Wednesday.
On Thursday, 39 stocks fell, 35 rose and 18 closed unchanged.
All blue chips were traded with one closing unchanged, seven rising and the rest losing ground.
Hydraulic equipment producer M+S Hydraulic led the SOFIX decliners with a daily drop of 9.07% to 5.15 levs as 436 stocks were traded.
Resort operator Albena topped the SOFIX leaderboard, surging 4.85% to 40 levs in a volume of 1,099 shares.
Industrial group Industrial Holding Bulgaria ended flat at 2.0 levs as 3,900 shares changed hands.
The BG-REIT, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, was the only index that pushed higher on Thursday, edging up 0.17% to 48.11 points. The BG TotalReturn30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, dropped 0.18% to 348.61 points.
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, was off 0.69% at 66.12 points.
(1 euro = 1.95583 Bulgarian levs)