June 16 (SeeNews) - The four equity indices of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) ended mixed on Thursday, with the blue-chip SOFIX only just edging into in green territory, bourse data showed.
The SOFIX finished 0.01% higher at 611.73 points, buoyed by gains in battery maker Monbat [BUL:MONB] and Doverie United Holding [BUL:DOH].
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Monbat closed 2.65% higher at 5.80 levs as 10 shares changed hands, while Doverie climbed 1.63% to 7.46 levs in a trading volume of 280.
IoT company Allterco [BUL:A4l] led the decliners among the blue-chip constituents, retreating 1.61% to 18.30 levs as 1,565 company shares were bought and sold.
The BGTR30 index, under which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, also finished in green territory on Thursday, as poultry producer Gradus [BUL:GR6] added 4.28% to 1.34 levs in a trading volume of 100. Among the BGTR30 constituents, Galata Investment Company [BUL:GTH] was the biggest decliner of the day, down 2.52% to 2.32 levs.
The BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, was one of two indices that ended Thursday's session in the red. It lost 0.04% to 143.47 points, on the back of a 3.8% decline in Sirma Group Holding [BUL:SGH] to 0.76 levs.
The BGREIT, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts, recorded the biggest decline on Thursday, dropping 0.15% to 178.94 points, as Advace Terrafund REIT [BUL:ATER] slipped back 0.68% to 2.91 levs.
Total turnover on the BSE's main market fell sharply to 464,192 levs ($ 248,380/237,340 euro) from 2.16 million levs on Wednesday.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)