February 22 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian hydraulic equipment manufacturer M+S Hydraulic [BUL:5MH] fell the most among blue chips on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange on Thursday, bourse data showed.
M+S Hydraulic closed 3.03% lower at 8.00 levs ($5.04/4.09 euro) in a trading volume of 72 shares. Earlier on Thursday,
the company said its consolidated net profit rose to 14.1 million levs in 2017 from 11.8 million levs the year before. It also said it expects company's sales revenue to amount to 21.1 million levs in the first two months of the year, compared to sales of 16.3 million levs in January-February 2017.
The BSE's blue-chip SOFIX index fell 0.56% to 687.83 points on Thursday after decreasing by 0.38% on Wednesday.
The BSE's BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, edged up 0.06% to 134.10 points, following a 0.20% decrease on Thursday.
The BG-REIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, fell by 0.63% to 114.86 points on Thursday. On Wednesday, the index closed 0.53% higher.
The BG TotalReturn30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, increased 0.46% to 557.33 points, after edging down 0.30% on Wednesday.
Bulgarian diversified group Doverie United Holding [BUL:5DOV] was the top blue-chip gainer on Thursday, as it closed 1.54% higher at 1.98 levs in the day's largest trading volume of 1,025 shares.
Total trading turnover on the BSE's regulated market rose to 1.2 million levs on Thursday from 1.0 million levs on Wednesday.
Bulgarian Real Estate Fund [BUL:5BU] was the most traded blue-chip on Thursday, as 24,509 shares changed hands at an average price of 1.9011 levs.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)