The indexes of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) ended today's session mixed. The BG40 index of most traded stocks advanced by 3.03%, to 147.40 points while the SOFIX blue-chip index slipped by 0.64%, to 523.41 points.

The BGREIT index lost 2.56% to 53.77 points, while the BGTR30 index of best performers in total return closed 2.75% higher at 374.87 points.

BSE's total turnover came to 4.09 mln leva today, while the value of the over-the-counter deals amounted to nearly 569,000 leva as at 14:30 p.m. A total of 102 issues were traded today with 44 of the companies posting stock price gains.

SOFIX's decline today may be put down mainly to the poor performance of Holding Roads, Chimimport and Sopharma. The stock of the infrastructure company depreciated by 13.33%, to 10.40 leva per share. The market capitalization of Chimimport dropped by 2.56%, to 3.01 leva per share. Sopharma's stock price went down by 1.58%, to 2.12 leva per share.

Neochim was SOFIX's best performer on the day. The stock of the company appreciated by 15.87%, to 73 leva per share, while the trading volume on the position came to 17,596 shares.

Albena Invest Holding was the biggest advancer among the stocks listed on segment A of BSE's Official market. The stock of the company added 4.36% to its value closing the day at 5.75 leva per share. Synergon holding was the biggest decliner on the segment. The stock of the company shed 5% of its value to 3.14 leva.

Monbat and Lead & Zinc Complex advanced by 3.83 and 0.66%, to 6.03 and 11.98 leva, respectively.

Central Cooperative Bank's slipped by 2.43%, to 1.48 leva. Bulgarian American Credit Bank skidded 1.05% lower to 18.7 leva per share, while Corporate Commercial Bank and First Investment Bank advanced by 0.62 and 2.23%, to 65.60 and 3.67 leva, respectively.

Other decliners today included Bulgarska Roza-Sevtopolis (-8.67%, to 0.76 leva per share), Holding Varna (-4.81%, to 12.61 leva per share) and Polimeri (-11.14%, to 2.05 leva per share).

Unlike Holding Roads, the other two infrastructure companies ended the day in positive territory. Moststroy's stock appreciated by 6.65%, to 8.00 leva per share, while Trace Group Hold's stock price went up by 3.67%, to 50.80 leva per share.