The decline of the indexes of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) continued today but towards the end of the session they managed to pare down some of the early losses. The SOFIX blue-chip index ended today's session 1.67% down, at 336.51 points. The broader BG40 shed nearly 2%, to 95.90 points. BG TR30 was also among today's decliners slipping by 1.46%, to 249.41 points. BG REIT advanced by 0.81%, to 39.80 points.

BSE's overall turnover came to 2.65 mln leva. A total of 444,000 shares in Sopharma traded hands on the day. The last deal was sealed at a price of 2.25 leva per share, up by 0.05% compared to the opening price.

The traded volume on the position of Chimimport amounted to 95,296 shares. The stock of the company depreciated by 5.30%, to 2.07 leva per share.

A total of 111,996 shares in Zarneni Hrani Bulgaria were transferred on the day. The stock price of the company went down by 3.38%, to 0.60 leva per share.

Asenova Krepost's stock price slumped by more than 45%, dropping to 9.22 leva per share. The traded volume on the position amounted to 63,577 shares.

Alcomet's stock appreciated by nearly 5% to 1.48 leva per share. The overall traded volume on the position came to 25,015 shares.

Euroins' stock depreciated by 7.57%, to 1.53 leva per share. A total of 13,292 shares in the company traded hands on the day. Eurohold Bulgaria shed 1.82%, to 1.13 leva.

Albena's stock price declined slightly to 25.05 leva per share, while Sparky Eltos' stock appreciated by 5.26%, to 1.58 leva per share.

Decliners among banks today included CCB (-5.61%, to 1.08 leva per share), FIBank (-0.89%, to 2.23 leva) and BACB (-1.36%, to 10.15 leva). KTB's stock price remained unchanged at 65.00 leva per share.

Moststroy was the only advancer among infrastructure stocks on the day advancing by 3.83%, to 3.50 leva per share. Decliners included Holding Roads (-0.74%, to 2.68 leva) and Trace Group Hold (-6.34%, to 41.21 leva).

A total of 78 issues were traded on the day with 20 of the companies posting an increase in stock price.