March 29 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian car battery manufacturer MonBat [BUL:5MB] fell the most among the blue-chip companies on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) on Wednesday, bourse data showed.
Monbat shed 4.02% to 10.750 levs as 3,273 shares changed hands.
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Hydraulic equipment manufacturer M+S Hydraulic [BUL:5MH] was the top blue-chip gainer, rising by 2.00% to 7.804 levs as 50 of its shares changed hands.
Drug maker Sopharma [BUL:3JR] was the most traded blue-chip company on Wednesday as 34,308 shares changed hands at an average price of 3.903 levs.
BSE's total stock trading turnover fell to 332,800 levs ($182,940/170,150 euro) on Wednesday, from 2.16 million levs on Tuesday.
The SOFIX closed at 633.34 points, down 0.46%, after falling 0.32% on Tuesday.
The broader BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the BSE, fell 0.44% to 125.10 points, after rising by 0.02% on Tuesday.
On Wednesday BSE revised its BGBX40 index replacing Biovet [BUL:53B] with Bulgarian American Credit Bank [BUL:5BN]. the bourse operator removed Biovet from the BGTR30 index as well, adding Synergon Holding [BUL:6S7] to the index.
The BG-REIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, fell 0.38% to 108.38 points. The index lost 0.06% on Tuesday.
The BG TotalReturn30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, decreased by 0.46% to 502.97 points, after increasing by 0.11% on Tuesday.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)