SOFIA (Bulgaria), December 6 (SeeNews) – Bulgarian diversified conglomerate Doverie United Holding [BUL:5DOV] fell the most among the blue chips on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) on Wednesday, bourse data showed.
Doverie United Holding closed 6.85% lower at 2.08 levs ($1.25/1.06 euro) in a trading volume of 7,840 shares.
The total trading turnover on the regulated market of the Sofia bourse fell to 20.4 million levs on Wednesday from 25.9 million levs on Tuesday.
Drug maker Sopharma [BUL:3JR] was the most traded blue-chip company on Wednesday for a second consecutive day. A total of 4.7 million Sopharma shares changed hands during the trading session at an average weighted price of 4.27 per share.
On Tuesday, over 6 million Sopharma shares changed hands on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange in a total of 158 transactions at a weighted average price of 4.27 levs apiece ($2.59/2.18 euro).
According to Dimitar Georgiev, head of trading at ELANA Trading brokerage, the intensified trading in the shares of Sopharma this week is related to the intentions of a big shareholder to reduce or sell its stake.
Eurohold Bulgaria [BUL:4EH] was the top blue-chip gainer on Wednesday, closing 4.46% higher at 1.359 levs.
The BSE's blue-chip SOFIX index fell 0.28% to 666.31 points on Wednesday after decreasing by 0.20% on Tuesday.
The broader BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the BSE, decreased 0.16% to 130.31 points, after falling 0.34% on Tuesday.
The BG-REIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, edged up 0.01% to 113.99 points on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the index closed 0.11% lower.
The BG TotalReturn30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, lost 0.21% to 547.65 points, following a 0.25% decrease on Tuesday.
(1 euro=1.95583 levs)