The indexes of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) posted declines in the first session of the week ranging between 0.47% and 0.89%.

SOFIX posted the biggest drop declining by 0.89%, to 429.10 points, followed by BG 40 which shed 0.83%, to 115.62 points. BG REIT slipped by 0.58%, to 46.46%, while BG TR30 lost 0.47% to 331.31 points.

BSE's overall turnover came to 963,721 leva. A total of 66 issues were traded on the day with 19 of the stocks posting price gains.

ЕМКА's stock price continues to grow. The stock appreciated by 0.38% to 2.911 leva per share. A total of 985 shares in the company traded hands on the day.

Stara Planina Hold advanced by nearly 2% to 2.04 leva per share, after 636 shares traded.

Elhim Iskra was also among today's gainers. The stock of the company appreciated by 2.72%, to 1.85 leva per share. A total of 145 shares in the company were transferred.

M+S Hydraulic advanced by 2.42% to 5.50 per share. Kaolin was 0.73% up at 5.54 leva per share. The traded volume on the position came to nearly 6,000 shares.

Doverie United Holding gained 2.32% to 3.489 leva per share. The holding company booked 181,000 leva non-consolidated profit for 2009, compared to 1.56 mln leva for the previous year.

Orgachim closed 4.30% up at 83.499 leva per share. The banking stocks ended the day lower: CCB (-0.54%, to 1.29 leva), FIBank (-1.01%, to 2.455 leva), KTB (-0.66%, to 60.00 leva) and BACB (-1.72%, to 17.10 leva).

Monbat was also among today's decliners. The stock of the company depreciated by 1.54%, to 6.40 leva per share. Enemona slipped by 0.32% to 9.40 leva per share.