November 3 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian share indices drifted lower in light turnover on Tuesday, bourse data showed.
The SOFIX index, which comprises the 20 most liquid shares trading on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE), dropped 2.38% to 440.53 points and the broader BG40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the bourse, closed down 1.02% at 119.83 points.
On Monday, the SOFIX ended 1.39% lower and the BG40 index dipped 1.83%.
Turnover, excluding block and other pre-agreed deals, dropped to 845,000 levs ($633,000/432,000 euro) from 879,000 levs on Monday when trading in corporate bonds generated 394,000 levs. On Tuesday, trade in bonds totalled 1,900 levs.
On Tuesday, 62 stocks declined, 16 rose and 10 closed unchanged.
All blue chips were traded on Tuesday with two gaining ground, one closing flat and the rest moving lower.
Hydraulic equipment producer M+S Hydraulic paced the SOFIX decliners, shedding 9.91% to 5.23 levs as just 60 stocks changed hands.
Car battery maker MonBat and industrial group Chimimport were the most liquid blue chips.
MonBat was traded in a volume of 16,667 shares, ending down 3.98% at 6.72 levs.
A total 16,765 ordinary and 29,167 preferred shares of Chimimport changed hands, ending 0.2% higher and 2.0% lower at 2.51 levs and 2.45 levs, respectively.
The BG-REIT, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, backed off 2.21% to 47.35 points after a rise of 0.37% a day earlier. The BG TotalReturn30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, lost 2.07% after falling 1.66% on Monday.
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, fell 2.38% to 64.04 points after retreating 2.07% a day earlier.
(1 euro = 1.95583 Bulgarian levs)