The week got off to an optimistic start for the shareholders in Holding Roads, whose shares appreciated by 7.57%, to 2.70 leva per share. A total of 44,379 shares in the company traded hands on the day. The other two actively traded infrastructure stocks Trace Group Hold (+5.03%, to 44.00 leva) and Moststroy (+1.20%, to 3.37 leva) also posted advances.

The traded volume on the position of Chimimport came to 306,807 shares. The price of the stock went down by 2.28%, to 2.19 leva per share.

Last week Bulgaria's Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) approved Chimimport's prospectus for the offering of shares, as a result of the capital increase of the company.

The issue amounts to 90 mln preferred non-voting shares with 1 leva par value each. The stock carries guaranteed dividend and liquidation rights. The capital of the company will increase from 149,999,984 leva to 239,999,984 leva.

BACB was the only advancer among banks today. The stock of the bank appreciated by 3.73%, to 10.29 leva per share. The other banking stocks posted declines as follows: Central Cooperative Bank (-4.04%, to 1.14 leva), First Investment Bank (-2.17%, to 2.25 leva) and Corporate Commercial Bank (-2.98%, to 65.00 leva).

Sparky Eltos' stock depreciated by 11.18%, to 1.50 leva per share. A total of 5,660 shares in the company traded hands on the day. Eurohold Bulgaria shed 3.28% to 1.15 leva per share.

EMKA's stock appreciated by 10.44%, to 1.64 leva per share. The traded turnover on the position amounted to 2,078 shares.

BSE's all four indexes posted declines in the first day of the week - SOFIX (-1.47%, to 342.22 points), BG40 (-1.40%, to 97.81 points), BG REIT (-0.15%, to 39.48 points) and BG TR30 (-0.92%, to 253.10 points).

The overall turnover came to 1.74 mln leva today, while the value of the over-the-counter trades exceeded 338,000 leva as at 2:30 p.m. A total of 69 issues were traded on the day with 22 of the companies posting stock price gains.