October 8 (SeeNews) - The Bulgarian Stock Exchange blue-chip SOFIX index closed 0.37% lower at 561.05 points on Tuesday, dragged down by a 8.51% drop in the share price of financial and insurance group Eurohold Bulgaria [BUL:4EH].
On Monday, Eurohold Bulgaria's shares added 4.44%. Earlier that day, Czech energy group CEZ told SeeNews that it has decided not to proceed with the divestment of its assets in Bulgaria if the local regulatory bodies block its 335 million euro ($367.4 million) deal with Eurohold.
Diversified group Doverie United Holding [BUL:5DOV] led the gainers on Tuesday, as its shares traded 1.84% higher.
The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, dropped 0.29% to 111.18 points, mostly affected by the drop in Eurohold Bulgaria's share price. A 8.26% decrease in the share price of Bulgarian fertilisers maker Neochim [BUL:3NB] also dragged the index lower.
The BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, lost 0.13% to 500.61 points.
The BGREIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, was the only index to close higher on Tuesday. It added 0.20% to 127.42 points due to a 1.00% increase in the share price of Bulgarian Real Estate Fund REIT (BREF) [BUL:5BU].
Total regulated market trading turnover decreased to some 226,200 levs ($126,700/115,600 euro) on Tuesday from 789,000 levs on Monday.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)