SOFIX Posts Weekly Decline, BG40 Advances
In the last session of the week the SOFIX index of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) failed to maintain its early gains to close 0.05% down at 441.59 points.
The other indexes ended the day higher. BG40 posted the biggest gain advancing by 0.87% to 132.52 points. BGREIT and BGTR30 closed 0.58% and 0.61% up to 50.69 points and 355.74 points, respectively.
BSE's overall turnover amounted to 1.92 mln leva. The bond market accounted for nearly 507,000 leva of the total figure.
M+S Hydraulic was on e of the main contributors to BSE's turnover on the day. A total of 59,924 shares in the company traded hands on the day. The stock appreciated by 2.83% to 7.35 leva per share.
The traded volume on the position of Sopharma came to 41,700 shares. The stock of price of the company went up by 0.8% to 4.425 leva per share. A total of 65,802 shares in Chimimport changed hands on the day. The stock of the company barely budged up by 0.03% to 3.4 leva.
Stara Planina Hold advanced by 1.54% to 3.96 leva per share on the day after 10,097 shares traded.
Lead & Zinc Complex complex was among Thursday's decliners. The stock price of the company went down by 3.35% to 10.1 leva per share.
The indexes posted a mixed weekly performance. SOFIX and BGREIT shed 0.27% and 2.18%, respectively. BG40 advanced by 1.21% over the last four days, while BGTR30 gained 0.53%.
The monthly performance of the indexes is as follows: SOFIX (-0.86%), BG40 (-0.9%), BGREIT (-1.38%) and BGTR30 (-1.38%).
Despite the lackluster performance in April the indexes are still in positive territory in 2011: SOFIX (+21.87%), BG40 (15.54%), BGREIT (16.93%) and BGTR30 (17.21%).