February 20 (SeeNews) - The Bulgarian Stock Exchange blue-chip SOFIX index recorded a third consecutive losing session, after closing 0.16% lower at 548.03 points on Thursday.
Software group Sirma Group Holding [BUL:SKK] led decliners among blue chips, losing 3.28% to 0.59 levs. Lenders Central Cooperative Bank (CCB) [BUL:4CF] and First Investment Bank (Fibank) [BUL:5F4] followed with decreases of 1.41% and 1.32%, respectively.
The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, edged down 0.02% to 119.38 points, while the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, slid 0.09% to 502.15 points.
The BGREIT index, which tracks real estate investment trusts, rose 0.12% to 133.66 points.
Total daily regulated market turnover amounted to 1.7 million levs.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)