October 8 (SeeNews) - A single deal for 80,100 shares in diversified group 235 Holdings [BUL:94G] formed 83% of the regulated market turnover on the Sofia bourse on Monday, as the blue-chip SOFIX index ended the session 0.78% lower.
The deal, worth just over 1 million levs ($586,600/511,300 euro), was priced at 12.5 levs per share, same as the company's last closing price on the Sofia bourse.
Total trading turnover amounted to 1.2 million levs on Monday, sharply down from 7 million levs on Friday, when government securities worth 6.4 million levs traded on the bourse.
The SOFIX index dropped 4.86 points to 618.55 points, as the two biggest blue chips - Sopharma [BUL:3JR] and Chimimport [BUL:6C4], ended the session lower.
Sopharma shares lost 1.73% to 3.98 levs, while Chimimport shares declined 2.38% to 2.05 levs.
The biggest decliner among blue chips was Holding Varna, which closed 3.17% lower at 36.6 levs.
Financial and insurance group Eurohold Bulgaria [BUL:4EH] gained most among blue chips, adding 0.93% to a closing price of 1.625 levs.
The wider BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the Sofia bourse, fell 0.46% to 121.15 points, dragged down by a 8.63% decrease in the share price of Bulgarian River Shipping [BUL:5BR], which erased its gains from the preceding trading session.
The BGREIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts (REITs), added 0.03% to 117.65 points.
Balkan and Sea Properties REIT [BUL:5H4] was the major contributor to the rise in the BGREIT index, as its shares gained 0.64% to 15.7 levs. The rise in Balkan and Sea Properties REIT was partially offset by a 0.52% decrease in the share price of Bulgarian real estate fund REIT [BUL:5BU].
The BGTR30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, declined 0.20% to 515.53 points.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)