The blue-chips indicator lost 2.05% today to 966.02 points. The last time the index was at that level was on 2 October 2006, or nearly two years ago.

The other three stock indexes also closed in the red. BG40 fell 1.96% to 236.03 points. BGREIT dropped 0.55% to 84.45 points and BGTR30 closed at 636.66, or 1.29% down from opening.

BSE's daily turnover stood at 2.63 mln leva (1.34 mln euros) and the value of OTC transactions came to 346,000 leva. 90 stocks were traded today, of which 14 closed higher.

There were no gainers on the Official Market of Equities today. Sopharma stayed unchanged at 3.95 leva at a turnover of 11,660 shares.

Three companies lost more than 4% - Bulgarian River Shipping Jsc (-4.73%, average 3.88 leva), Petrol (-4.25%, average 9 leva, at a turnover of 32 shares) and Chimimport (-4.49%, average 7.56 leva).

Lead and Zinc Complex returned below 25 leva, the last transaction on the position was at 24.7 leva, or 3.14% below the opening price. 2,972 shares traded hands on the position at an average of 25.47 leva.

Orgachim slipped 2.72% to 164.99 leva after 374 shares changed hands at an average of 166.92 leva.

The market capitalization of Monbat Jsc contracted by 2.91% today. 22,579 shares traded hands at an average of 11.46 leva.

FIBank was the only bank stock to close on positive turf. Shares added 0.66% at a turnover of 83,156 at an average of 6.11 leva a piece.

Other banks suffered losses: CCB (-1.21%, average 3.31 leva), Corporate Commercial Bank (-1.09%, average of 91.94 leva) and BACB (-3.22%, average of 53.56 leva).

Euroins shares dipped 1.45%. 9,782 pieces were traded at an average of 6.8 leva today.

Infrastructural companies didn't do better. Moststroy fell 0.57% (average prce 17.58 leva), Holding Roads plunged 5% at an average of 15.2 leva today and Trace Group Hold lost 2.91% at an average of 100.86 leva.

Metizi stayed unchanged at a turnover of 2,553 shares at an average of 1.35 leva apiece.

Zarneni Hrani suffered another serious loss, the stock fell some 7.64%, the average price today settled at 1.86 leva.