The turnover of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) amounted to a record-low 407,000 on Friday. A total of 76 issues were traded on the day with 43 of the stocks posting price gains.

Three of the indexes ended Friday's session in positive territory: SOFIX (+1.31%, to 475.70 points), BG 40 (+0.89%, to 128.88 points) and BG TR30 (+0.78%, to 359.20 points). BG REIT was the only decliner on the day slipping by 0.55% to 48.45 points.

The indexes posted weekly declines ranging between 1.65% and 3.20%. The weekly change is as follows: SOFIX (-0.92%), BG 40 (-2.07%), BG REIT (-1.80%) and BG TR30 (2.13%).

The SOFIX is up by 32.63% in 2009, while BG 40 has lost 19.54% so far. BG TR30 has added 31.66% to its value this year, while BG REIT has lost 0.16%.

A total of nine of the companies included in the calculation of the broader BG40 index posted weekly advances. The best performers over the week included Trace Group Hold (+1.92%, to an average price of 77.87 leva per share), KTB (+1.42%, to 59.81 leva) and Zarneni Hrani Bulgaria (+1.33%, to 0.76 leva).

See the table for more information of the performance of BG40's stock over the week:

CompanyOct 16Oct 23Change%T57/Trace Group Hold76,477,871,926C9/KTB58,9759,811,42T43/Zarneni Hrani Bulgaria 0,750,761,334F6/Fazerles44,5451,125MY / Moststroy4,74,740,855ODE/Odessos Ship Repair Yard 1191200,8452E/Elhim Iskra 22,010,56C4/Chimimport2,572,580,396D3/Devin3,13,110,326F3/FairPlay Properties REIT 0,50,504CF/Central Cooperative Bank 1,531,5305DOV/Doverie UH4406AB/Albena38,2338,2-0,085OTZ/Lead & Zinc Complex15,5715,53-0,263JR/Sopharma4,264,24-0,475PET/Petrol54,97-0,64EH/Eurohold Bulgaria1,61,59-0,635F4/First Investment Bank 2,952,93-0,686K1/Kaolin6,196,14-0,815MB/monbat7,37,24-0,823TV/Toplivo5,455,4-0,925BN/BACB19,7219,5-1,124BJ/Bulgarska-Roza Sevtopolis1,451,43-1,385ALB/Albena IH6,36,18-1,95SR/Stara Planina Hold 21,96-25ORG/Orgachim96,9494,79-2,225BU/Bulgarian Real Estate Fund REIT0,410,4-2,446S7/Синергон холдинг2,542,47-2,764EC/ELARG REIT0,930,9-3,2357B/Bulgartabac Holding21,9521,2-3,42SL9/Sparky Eltos2,232,15-3,594ID/IH Bulgaria2,182,1-3,675MH/M+S Hydraulic 5,955,72-3,876AM/Alcomet3,273,12-4,595T3/Corporation Saedinenie AD-Sofia0,20,19-56H2/Holding Roads3,383,2-5,335IC/Euroins1,911,8-5,763NB/Neochim 36,833,91-7,855BP/Billboard1,391,28-7,91E4A/Enemona11,9910,81-9,84BG40130,73128,88-1,42

Data: BSE