August 15 (SeeNews) - Trading in shares of two companies generated 71% of the turnover on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) on Tuesday, bourse data showed.
Total trading turnover on the Sofia bourse fell to 7.0 million levs ($4.2 million/3.6 million euro) on Tuesday from 9.1 million levs on Monday.
Over 2.1 million shares of Bulgaria’s Galata Investment were traded in three block deals on Tuesday, at an average price of 1.5 levs per share, generating a turnover of 3.2 million levs.
Nearly 700,000 shares of Bulgarian real estate investment company Regala Invest [BUL:RGL] traded in two block deals at an average price of 2.6 levs per share, worth a combined 1.8 million levs.
Bulgarian fertilizer producer Neochim [BUL:3NB] rose the most among blue chips on Tuesday, as it closed 3.13% higher at 59.0 levs.
The blue-chip SOFIX index of the BSE increased 0.23% to 729.28 points, after rising 0.29% on Monday.
The broader BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the BSE, grew 0.34% to 138.47 points, after adding 0.24% on Monday.
The BG-REIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, fell a further 0.78% to 117.05 points on Tuesday. On Monday, the index closed 0.15% lower.
The BG TotalReturn30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, rose 0.44% to 563.81 points, after increasing 0.39% on Monday.
Industrial group Chimimport [BUL:6C4] was the most traded blue-chip company on Tuesday, as 64,411 of the company shares changed hands at an average price of 1.875 levs.
Financial and insurance group Eurohold Bulgaria [BUL:4EH] led the blue-chip decliners led the blue-chip decliners, closing 3.83% lower at 1.23 levs.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)