August 18 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian diversified company Industrial Capital Holding [BUL:4I8] led the blue-chip decliners on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) on Friday, bourse data showed.
Industrial Capital Holding closed 5.0% lower at 3.610 levs ($2.16/1.84 euro) in a trading volume of 5,420 shares.
Total trading turnover on the Sofia bourse rose to 4.4 million levs on Friday from 4.24 million levs on Thursday. Over 1.2 million shares of Galata Investment traded at an average price of 1.5 levs per share, generating a turnover of 1.8 million levs. Nearly 600,300 shares of real estate investment company Regala Invest [BUL:RGL] traded, at an average price of 2.6 levs per share, worth a combined 1.56 million levs.
Central Cooperative Bank [BUL:4CF] was the only gainer among blue chips on Friday, as it closed 0.05% higher at 1.931 levs.
The blue-chip SOFIX index fell by a further 0.89% to 722.69 points, after depreciating 0.23% on Friday.
The broader BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the BSE, fell by 0.54% to 137.47 points, after dropping by 0.34% on Friday.
The BG-REIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, decreased 0.26% to 117.38 points on Friday. On Thursday, the index closed 0.15% higher.
The BG TotalReturn30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, fell by 0.23% to 563.31 points, after increasing 0.26% on Thursday.
Bulgarian Real Estate Fund (BREF) [BUL:5BU] was the most traded blue-chip company on Friday, as 105,300 of the company shares changed hands at an average price of 2.409 levs.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)
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