March 23 (SeeNews) - All four main indices of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) closed in red territory on Thursday, with the blue-chip SOFIX falling by 0.79% to 602.79 points, bourse data show.
The top blue-chip loser was energy and insurance group Eurohold Bulgaria [BUL:EUBG], which went down by 4.11% to 1.40 levs with 38,920 shares traded. SOFIX was additionally pushed down by Central Cooperative Bank (CCB) [BUL:CCB], which slipped by 2.78% to 1.40 levs with 10,000 shares traded.
Eurohold and CCB also pressed the broader BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse. The index was additionally driven down by real estate investment trust (REIT) Balkan and Sea Properties [BUL:BSP], which lost 3.64% to 21.20 levs. Overall, BGBX40 fell by 0.39% to 139.00 points.
At the same time, the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, went down by 0.40% to 718.00 points. The index was mainly affected by Super Borovetz Property Fund REIT [BUL:SBPF], which decreased by 4.67% to 2.86 levs. BGTR30 was also burdened by Eurohold, Balkan and Sea Properties and a 4.10% loss at Galata Investment Company [BUL:GTH] to 2.34 levs.
Finally, the BGREIT index, which tracks seven real estate investment trusts, dropped by 1.36% to 184.50 points, showing the biggest decline on Thursday. The only two losers in the index were Balkan and Sea Properties and Super Borovetz Property Fund.
Total turnover on the main market of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange slightly increased to 321,908 levs ($179,293/164,589 euro) on Thursday from 316,930 levs on Wednesday.
With 54,488 levs, Eurohold was the top stock by turnover.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)
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