February 19 (SeeNews) - The Bulgarian Stock Exchange blue-chip SOFIX index dropped 0.37% to 548.91 points on Wednesday, as diversified group Eurohold Bulgaria [BUL:4EH] led losers among the blue chips, bourse data showed.
Eurohold Bulgaria shed 7.59% to 1.34 levs ($0.72/0.68 euro), followed by First Investment Bank [BUL:5F4] which closed 1.95% lower.
The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, decreased 0.54% to 109.40 points, while the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, slid 0.93% to 502.59 points.
Both indexes were negatively affected by significant decreases in the share prices of three companies, including Eurohold. Trace Group Hold [BUL:T57] was on top of the list of losers in both indexes, as its share price fell 7.69%. Holding Nov Vek [BUL:6N3] followed Eurohold, recording a 7.23% drop in its share price.
The BGREIT index, which tracks real estate investment trusts was the only index to close higher on Wednesday. It gained 0.27% to 133.50, due to a 1.38% rise in the share price of Advance Terrafund REIT [BUL:6A6].
Total daily regulated market turnover edged down to 615,308 levs, from 673,000 levs on Tuesday.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)
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