SOFIA (Bulgaria), November 9 (SeeNews) – Bulgarian drug maker Sopharma [BUL:3JR] led шге blue-chip decliners on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) on Thursday, bourse data showed.
Sopharma shares closed 1.68% lower at 4.270 levs ($2.54/2.18 euro) in a trading volume of 11,140 units.
Total trading turnover on the regulated market of the Sofia bourse halved to 2.5 million levs on Thursday from 5.0 million levs on Wednesday.
Industrial group Chimimport [BUL:6C4] was the most traded blue-chip company, as 828,545 of its shares changed hands at an average price of 1.727 levs apiece.
The blue-chip SOFIX index fell 0.11% to 671.73 points on Thursday after shedding 0.27% on Wednesday.
The broader BGBX40 index, which tracks the 40 most traded shares on the BSE, decreased 0.21% to 132.10 points, after adding 1.26% on Wednesday.
The BG-REIT index, which tracks the performance of real estate investment trusts, added 0.04% to 115.15 points on Thursday. On Wednesday, the index closed 0.01% lower.
The BG TotalReturn30 index, in which companies with a free float of at least 10% have equal weight, fell by 0.04% to 550.85 points, following a 0.92% increase on Wednesday.
Financial and insurance group Eurohold Bulgaria [BUL:4EH] was the top blue-chip gainer on Thursday, closing 2.23% higher at 1.329 levs.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)