June 17 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian Stock Exchange indices started the week in red hit by a 4.23% drop in the share price of software group Sirma Group Holding [BUL:SKK].
The blue-chip SOFIX index dropped 0.14% to 577.21 points on Monday, as other major decliners included Central Cooperative Bank [BUL:4CF] and Doverie United Holding [BUL:5DOV], which dropped 3.50% and 0.65%, respectively.
Sirma Group Holding was also the top decliners among members of the equally-weighted BGTR30 index, and the second biggest decliner among BGBX40 constituents.
The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the stock exchange in Sofia, fell 0.16% to 115.22 points, while the BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, lost 0.22% to 502.99 points.
The BGREIT index, which tracks real estate investment trusts, closed the session 0.21% higher at 123.16 points, due to a 1% increase in the share price of Bulgarian Real Estate Fund REIT [BUL:5BU].
Total regulated market turnover fell to 541,000 levs ($311,000/277,000 euro) on Monday from 976,000 levs on Friday
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)