July 9 (SeeNews) - The Bulgarian Stock Exchange blue-chip SOFIX index returned to red territory on Thursday after ending an eight-day losing run on Wednesday, bourse data shows.
Diversified group Holding Varna [BUL:5V2] and drug maker Sopharma [BUL:3JR] were the main reason for the index's decline on Thursday, losing 4.12% and 3.21%, respectively.
The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, decreased 0.33% to 95.56 points, while the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, slid 0.12% to 461.98 points.
The BGREIT index, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts, erased 0.11% to 131.13 points.
The total daily regulated market trading amounted to 198,000 levs ($114,000/101,000 euro).
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)