November 27 (SeeNews) - Trading turnover on the regulated market of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange grew nearly 16 times to some 6.9 million levs ($4.0 million/3.5 million euro) on Tuesday from 433,000 levs on Monday, as trade in shares in insurance and financial group Eurohold Bulgaria formed 67% of the total.
Some 4.65 million shares in Eurohold Bulgaria changed hands in seven deals, ending the session flat at 1.62 levs apiece. The number of shares is equal to a 2.35% stake in the company.
The benchmark SOFIX index erased 0.29% to 583.19 points on Tuesday, hit by a decline in industrial stocks.
Industrial group Stara Planina Hold [BUL:5SR] dropped most among blue chips, losing 2.96% to 6.55 levs, followed by its affiliate company - hydraulic equipment manufacturer M+S Hydraulic [BUL:5MH], which ended 1.90% lower at 7.75 levs.
Car battery maker Monbat [BUL:5MB] rounded off the top three blue-chip decliners, shedding 1.34% to 7.35 levs.
The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, ended the session 0.62% lower at 113.67 points.
Fertiliser producer Neochim [BUL:3NB] led BGBX40 decliners, falling 7.51% to 32.0 levs in a single deal for just 5 shares. Another small deal, for 23 shares in Bulgarian River Shipping [BUL:5BR], brought the company's share price 5.71% down to 0.66 levs.
Diversified group Synergon Holding [BUL:6S7] posted the third sharpest decline among BGBX40 components, by 4.12% to 0.93 levs.
The BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, shedded 0.68% to 483.22 points, as Neochim and Synergon Holding fell most among its constituents.
The BGREIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts (REITs), lost 0.59% to 116.48 points, dragged down by a 9.35% drop in the share price of Bulland Investments REIT [BUL:5BD]
Advance Terrafund REIT [BUL:6A6] - the biggest component of the BGREIT by market capitalisation, was the other contributor to the decrease in the index, as it lost 0.26% to 1.95 levs.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)