Today was another day of active trade on the BSE. Only two of the companies in SOFIX ended the session on positive territory.

The blue chip indicator SOFIX dropped 1.13% to 1483.30 points, and BG40 lost 0.69% to 326.43 points.

The stock of Industrial Holding Bulgaria dipped 5.18% to an average of 9.71 leva, at a total of 3,850 lots transferred today.

The other serious slide in SOFIX was registered by Neochim AD. The company's market capitalization went 4.1% down to 51 leva, with 220 shares traded today.

Albena AD dipped 2.66% to 116.54 leva, while Bulgarian-American Credit Bank lost 2.49% to 84.14 leva.

The only SOFIX companies whose stock increased in value today were Chimimport and Central Cooperative Bank, which added the minimum 0.14% and 0.22%, to 13.93 leva and 9.13 leva respectively.

Losses were also posted by First Investment Bank and Corporate Commercial Bank which dropped 1.15% to 13.75 leva, and 0.68% to 87.38 leva respectively. First Investment Bank posted its 1H report today. The bank's profit surged 62.5% to19.3 mln leva (9.867 mln euros).

A total of 53,895 shares of Kaolin AD changed hands at 14.94 leva per share.

Of 135 emissions traded today, 74 closed at a loss, 47 made gains and 14 remained unchanged.