March 30 (SeeNews) - The Bulgarian Stock Exchange blue-chip SOFIX index closed 0.38% lower at 420.07 points on Monday, marking its third consecutive losing session.
Industrial Holding Bulgaria [BUL:4ID] fell most among blue chips, losing 3.85% to 0.75 levs. Other notable decliners included poultry producer Gradus [BUL:GR6] and diversified group Doverie United Holding [BUL:5DOV], which erased 3.47% and 2.78%, respectively.
The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, decreased 0.10% to 89.44 points, while the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, slid 0.25% to 431.41 points.
Both indices were hurt by an 8% drop in the share price of Industrial Capital Holding [BUL:4I8].
The BGREIT index, which tracks real estate investment trusts, rose 0.36% to 125.60 points.
Total regulated market trading turnover amounted to 867,000 levs ($489,000/443,000 euro) on Friday.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)