Sofia bourse blue-chip index posts 3-day losing streak

The capitalization-weighted index's smallest member - software group Sirma Group Holding [BUL:SKK] fell most among blue chips, erasing 3.50% to 0.69 levs.

First Investment Bank [BUL:5F4] land resort operator Albena [BUL:6AB] followed with decreases of 1.36% and 0.96%, respectively.

The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, fell 0.33% to 110.59 points, while the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, slid 0.32% to 499.63 points.

The BGREIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, added 0.20% to 127.55 points.

Total regulated market trading turnover sunk to 72,000 levs on Thursday from 479,000 levs on Wednesday.

(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)