November 1 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's Central Cooperative Bank [BUL:4CF] led blue-chip decliners on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange on Wednesday, bourse data showed.
Central Cooperative Bank shares fell by 3.67% to 1.731 levs ($1.03/0.885 euro) as 3,977 units changed hands.
Trading turnover on BSE’s regulated market nosedived to 328,300 levs on Wednesday from 17 million levs on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, trading in bonds of Starkom Holding [BUL:S28H], Greenhouse Properties [BUL:GH0A], Delta Credit [BUL:0DC1], Specialized Logistic Systems [BUL:2SLA] [BUL:2SLB], Avto Union [BUL:8AVB] and GPS Control [BUL:GC0N] generated a turnover of 11.7 million levs.
On Wednesday, the BSE launched trading in 20 issues of government securities, aiming to boost investor appeal. The total face value of the government securities issues, which will trade on the regulated market of the BSE, is 5.5 billion levs.
By the end of Wednesday's trading session, just one unit of government bonds has traded.
The blue-chip SOFIX index decreased 0.08% to 670.90 points on Wednesday after a 0.21% increase on Tuesday.
The broader BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the BSE, edged up 0.10% to 131.32 points, after adding 0.04% on Tuesday.
The BG-REIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, fell 0.27% to 115.57 points on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the index closed 2.10% higher.
The BG TotalReturn30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, decreased 0.26% to 548.49 points, following a 0.17% decrease on Tuesday.
Financial and insurance group Eurohold Bulgaria [BUL:4EH] was the top blue-chip gainer on Wednesday, as it closed 3.55% higher at 1.285 levs.
Industrial group Chimimport [BUL:6C4] was the most traded blue-chip company, as 8,751 of its shares changed hands at an average price of 1.738 levs apiece.
(1 euro=1.95583 levs)
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