The indexes of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) ended today's session mixed. The SOFIX blue-chip index posted its second straight decline following a nine-day winning streak. The index slipped by 0.14%, to 277.18 points. The broader BG40 index, gained 0.73%, to 90.70 points. BG REIT slipped by 0.99%, to 39.82 points, while BG TR30 ended the day 0.89% higher at 204.50 points.

BSE's overall turnover came to nearly 756,000 leva, while the value of the over-the-counter deals exceeded 101,000 leva. A total of 70 issues were traded on the day with 34 of the stocks posting gains.

Today's session was suspended at 10:40 a.m. due to technical difficulties and resumed at noon.

The weekly change in the value of the indexes was as follows: SOFIX (+0.74%), BG40 (+2.00%), BG REIT (-0.08%) and BG TR30 (+2.45%).

The three indexes that posted gains this week are also advancing since the start of the month. SOFIX advanced by 4.71% in the first two weeks of the month, BG40 added 5.54% and BG TR30 gained 5.85%. BG REIT is down 0.60% in March.

A total of 27 of the companies included in the calculation of the BG40 index posted average stock price gains this week. Trace Group Hold's stock posted the biggest advance of 17.65%, to 32.00 leva per share.

Kaolin's stock price went up by 13.64% over the week to 2.50 leva per share. The third biggest advancer was Neochim. The stock of the company gained 10.18%, to an avarega of 26.83 leva per share.

Some of the biggest decliners over the week included Industrial Capital Holding (-12.00%, to an average of 1.76 leva per share), TK Hold (-7.35%, to an average of 2.27 leva per share) and Advance Terrafund (-7.00%, to an average of 0.93 leva).

See the table for more details on the weekly performance of the stocks included in the calculation of the BG40:

CompanyMarch 6March 13Change%T57/Trace Group Hold27,23217,656K1/Kaolin2,22,513,643NB/Neochim24,3526,8310,184ID/IH Bulgaria1,271,399,4551P/Polmerii1,211,329,095MY / Moststroy2,162,358,805F4/First Investment Bank 1,171,278,556H2/Holding Roads22,178,505ORG/Orgachim 56,1560,17,036S7/Synergon Holding1,481,576,086C4/Chimimport 1,231,35,6952E/Elchim Iskra1,121,185,364BJ/Bulgarska Roza-Sevtopolis0,560,583,575SR/Stara Planina Hold1,141,183,515IC/Euroins1,751,813,433JR/Sopharma1,911,973,145ODE/Odessos Ship Repair Yard103106,113,024EH/Eurohold Bulgaria 0,810,832,474F6/Fazerles26,46272,045MB/Monbat3,513,581,995BA/Bulgarian Holding Company2,12,141,95PET/Petrol7,968,11,763TV/Toplivo3,843,91,564EC/Elana REIT 0,660,671,525OTZ/Lead & Zinc Complex 8,298,411,45SL9/Sparky Eltos 1,31,310,775BN/BACB 7,877,890,254O1/Oil & Gas Exploration & Production 32,99-0,334CF/Central Cooperative Bank 0,860,85-1,16E4A/Enemona 6,846,75-1,325ALB/Albena IH2,682,63-1,875BP/Billboard 1,071,05-1,87T43/Zarneni Hrani Bulgaria 0,480,47-2,086А9/Favorit Hold 4,64,44-3,485DOV/Doverie UH3,743,53-5,616C9/Corporate Commercial Bank 8075,4-5,756A6/Advance Terrafund 10,93-7,00T24/TK Hold 2,452,27-7,354I8/Indutral Capital Holding 21,76-12,006AR/Aroma n/an/an/aBG4088,9290,72,00

Data: BSE

The changes to the BG40 index will come into effect on March 23. The board of directors of BSE decided to remove Polimeri, TK Hold, Bulgarian Holding Company, Favorit Hold and Aroma. They will be replaced by Albena, Etropal, Devin, Bulgarian Real Estate Fund REIT and BenchMark Fund Estates.